AP is very worried someone might clean up the Justice Department
Jazz Shaw 8:31 AM on August 05, 2023
Many conservative analysts have recoiled in disgust at the way the Department of Justice has become increasingly politicized and weaponized, acting as a tool of leftist Democrats in recent years. There has been no clearer example of this than the way they have attempted to cook up multiple avenues to put Joe Biden’s primary political opponent, former President Donald Trump, in jail before he can have the opportunity to take back the White House. But now that Trump has actually spoken out about this, the Associated Press and other media outlets are feigning outrage over the idea that a thorough housecleaning of the DoJ is in order. Were that to happen, the AP claims, it would represent “a new assault on the U.S. system.” (Whatever that’s supposed to mean.)
Candidates for crucial swing-state election posts who backed Trump’s push to overturn the 2020 election all lost their bids in last year’s elections. And, this week, federal prosecutors filed four felony charges against the former president for his role in the scheme to overturn President Joe Biden’s win.
But while those avenues for electoral mischief may be blocked or severely constrained in 2024, the prosecution — along with another federal indictment accusing Trump of mishandling classified information after leaving office — is providing additional urgency among conservatives for a plan to make over the U.S. Department of Justice.
That’s a step democracy advocates warn could mark a new assault on the U.S. system should Trump win the presidency a second time.So in the opinion of the AP, calling a former (or even sitting) president a criminal is just another day at the office. And when it’s warranted, that should be the case as the current President is increasingly demonstrating. But the Attorney General and the rest of the Department of Justice are apparently beyond reproach and should never be questioned. Doing so would constitute an “assault” on our democracy or something of that sort.
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