Tag: Department of Justice

Slotkin Digs In Against DOJ

Buck Banks

“I did this to go on offense. And to put them in a position where they’re tap dancing. To put them in a position where they have to own their choices of using a U.S. attorney’s office to come after a senator.”

— Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is refusing to voluntarily comply with a Justice Department investigation into a video she organized urging U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders” — escalating a dispute that President Trump has publicly pushed, the AP reports.

Drop in the Bucket

Buck Banks


Hundreds of thousands more Epstein files released — still just the iceberg’s tip,
And then 16 disappeared overnight — more conspiracy fuel or just a minor slip?
The DOJ seems totally ineffectual to handle
This slow-motion train wreck of a scandal,
So all we can do is watch the slow release, file by filthy file, drip by distasteful drip.

Justice Department Releases Smith Report Detailing Trump’s Jan. 6 Crimes

Buck Banks

“The department’s view that the Constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a president is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the government’s proof or the merits of the prosecution, which the office stands fully behind,” Mr. Smith wrote in his report. “Indeed, but for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.”

— The New York Times: The Justice Department delivered the 137-page volume — representing half of Mr. Smith’s overall final report, with the volume about Mr. Trump’s other federal case, accusing him of mishandling classified documents, still confidential — to Congress just after midnight on Tuesday.

The Justice Department Purge Begins

Buck Banks

“If these career DOJ employees won’t implement President Trump’s program in good faith, they should leave. Those employees who engage in so-called ‘resistance’ against the duly-elected President’s lawful agenda would be subverting American democracy. … Those that take such actions would be subject to disciplinary measures, including termination.”

— Mark Paoletta, a conservative lawyer working on Donald Trump’s transition, warned career Justice Department lawyers Monday to advance Trump’s agenda or face being fired, Politico reports.