The Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section is charged with ensuring cases against elected officials are not politically motivated. The Trump administration is considering changing that.

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  • Greyghoster@aussie.zone
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    14 hours ago

    You have to be careful what you wish for given that you are only president for so long. Eventually you could be hoist on your own petard.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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      8 hours ago

      You have to be careful what you wish for given that you are only president for so long.

      He’s been in “challenge accepted” for four months by now. He’s not going anywhere unless physically removed.

    • normalexit@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      Perhaps. He wants to emulate Putin. He probably won’t live long enough to, but at some point he’ll attempt martial law because of some invasion he cooks up. Jan 6 was the kid glove version of what they’ll try this time.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 hours ago

      “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”