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This is hardly news at this point, but...
“Yeah. If they do this, and they’ve already done it, but if they follow through on this, yeah, it could certainly happen in reverse,” Trump told Acevedo, according to excerpts of the interview.
“They have done something that allows the next party
[Let me stop him there for a moment. Even if we grant his claim (and that of Jim Jordan's weaponization subcommittee) that the DOJ has been unlawfully/unconstitutionally directed against him for political reasons -- that does not 'allow' everybody else to do it.]
… if I happen to be president and I see somebody who’s doing well and beating me very badly, I say, ‘Go down and indict them.’ They’d be out of business. They’d be out of the election,” Trump continued.
In private, the former president has told advisers and friends in recent months that he wants the Justice Department to investigate former Trump officials and allies who have become critical of his time in office, according to people who have talked to him and spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.
In public, Trump has vowed to appoint a special prosecutor to “go after” Biden and his family.
To facilitate Trump’s ability to direct Justice Department actions, his associates have drafted plans to dispense with 50 years of policy and practice intended to shield criminal prosecutions from political considerations. Critics have called such ideas dangerous and unconstitutional.
During a sit-down interview with the Spanish television giant, the former president says he could weaponize DOJ and also defended migrant family separations at the border
During the interview on the Spanish-language TV network, journalist Enrique Acevedo asked Trump if he would weaponize the FBI and Justice Department on his opponents in the same way he claims federal law enforcement agencies have been weaponized against him.“Yeah. If they do this, and they’ve already done it, but if they follow through on this, yeah, it could certainly happen in reverse,” Trump told Acevedo, according to excerpts of the interview.
“They have done something that allows the next party
[Let me stop him there for a moment. Even if we grant his claim (and that of Jim Jordan's weaponization subcommittee) that the DOJ has been unlawfully/unconstitutionally directed against him for political reasons -- that does not 'allow' everybody else to do it.]
… if I happen to be president and I see somebody who’s doing well and beating me very badly, I say, ‘Go down and indict them.’ They’d be out of business. They’d be out of the election,” Trump continued.
In private, the former president has told advisers and friends in recent months that he wants the Justice Department to investigate former Trump officials and allies who have become critical of his time in office, according to people who have talked to him and spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.
In public, Trump has vowed to appoint a special prosecutor to “go after” Biden and his family.
To facilitate Trump’s ability to direct Justice Department actions, his associates have drafted plans to dispense with 50 years of policy and practice intended to shield criminal prosecutions from political considerations. Critics have called such ideas dangerous and unconstitutional.
