The case for a DOJ house cleaning
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Senator Eric Schmitt made a bold call on Sunday, urging President-elect Donald Trump to clean house at the Justice Department by firing anyone involved in the criminal cases against him.
Speaking on NBC News’ Meet the Press, the Missouri Republican slammed the charges against Trump as politically motivated and an abuse of power.
“First and foremost, the people involved with this should be fired immediately,” Schmitt declared. “Anybody [who was] part of this, this effort to keep President Trump off the ballot and to throw him in jail for the rest of his life because they didn’t like his politics, and who continue to cast him as a quote, unquote threat to democracy, was wrong.”
Trump has been equally clear about his intentions. Before the election, he promised swift action against special counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing two federal cases against him.
“It’s so easy. I would fire him within two seconds,” Trump said at the time. “He’ll be one of the first things addressed.”
While Trump could remove Smith upon taking office, two state-level cases in Georgia and New York remain beyond the president’s reach. Both cases, however, are currently stalled.
In Georgia, a racketeering case tied to Trump’s challenge of the 2020 election results faces delays due to conflict-of-interest issues surrounding Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Meanwhile, in New York, sentencing in Trump’s hush money conviction has been indefinitely postponed.
Smith has also hit pause, halting progress on appeals and other legal maneuvers in his federal cases. Schmitt, a former Missouri attorney general, called these setbacks proof that the cases were never legally sound.
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The lawfare campaign against Trump has been exposed. It is one of the most disgraceful efforts by an opposing party in US history. It is the real threat to democracy in this country when the opposition attempts to use lawfare to remove a political opponent.
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Lawfare hibernating The cases against Trump were all based on twists of law design to snare a political opponent during the election season and prevent him from getting elected. They backfired as most people saw through them. Merrick Garland never got over being blocked from the Supreme Court and was the most partisan attorney general in history. Good riddance to this law fare.
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