By Douglas V. Gibbs
The Democrats have been screaming that the Department of Justice is supposed to enjoy a level of independence from the President, and his visit to the halls of the DOJ was simply more evidence that he plans to be an authoritarian and that President Trump plans to use the justice department as a weapon against his opponents.
Except, the executive powers are, according to Article II of the Constitution, “vested in the President of the United States.” That means that all executive departments and agencies fall under his direct supervision. He is the CEO of the executive branch. No part of the executive branch is independent from the President. Each of them are his responsibility, and they operate and serve according to his supervision, and pleasure. The Department of Justice is a part of the executive branch. The Office of the Attorney General has been a part of the executive branch, and under the supervision of the President of the United States, for over 200 years – ever since the Attorney General’s office was created in 1789 (and transformed into the Department of Justice in 1870, at which point the Attorney General became the head of that department).
The Democrats used the Department of Justice to go after Trump, and now the President is in control and he is determined to “restore fair and impartial justice” to the DOJ. Now, they are nervous because he plans to use the DOJ to go after lawbreakers, while hammering the “Marxist prosecutors” who served under the Biden regime.
The weaponization of the justice system has ended.
Now, we wonder, will Obama’s DOJ decision to weaponize the Justice Department against the Tea Party in 2010 be brought to accountability? How about Obama’s decision to use them to spy on Donald Trump? Will that be exposed further than it has been so far? What about the continuous attacks by federal prosecutors against Trump while Biden was in office, which was a pursuit of the exact same strategy? Is that also in the crosshairs? I think that is a big possibility, and they are frightened of it. Trump gave a speech at the Department of Justice, and now all they can do is cry. It’s HIS department. If falls under the executive branch. He won the election. The real jury, the court of public opinion, has told the Democrats and the bureaucracy that they want Trump and his people doing what they can to take out the trash. And, it is Trump’s decision on how the Department of Justice carries out its duties, and whether or not he decides to take out the trash, and which pieces of trash he will toss. Trump will be firm, but fair, with the department – but there must be consequences for unlawful and unethical activity, which is along with what he said. According to Trump, it is now time to end unjustified prosecution for political reasons.
Trump is there, and if he doesn’t stop the madness, the whole lesson will be lost and the criminalities inside the executive branch will continue.
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