Saturday, December 9, 2023

‘Grifters and sycophants’: the radicals who would fill key posts if Trump is re-elected

Project 2025 includes schemes to curb the justice department, the FBI and other agencies, giving Trump more power to seek revenge – as he has pledged to do in campaign speeches and Truth Social posts – against critics in both parties, which could benefit from conservative lawyers' sign-offs, but which justice department veterans warn would undermine the legal system. 

 "It seems that they are looking for lawyers who will do whatever Trump wants them to do, and that is the antithesis of implementing the rule of law," Donald Ayer, a former deputy attorney general under George HW Bush, said. 

 "When you consider the number of lawyers who became Trump's severe critics after joining the first Trump administration and participating in a lot of questionable actions, selection for a new administration will have to exclude pretty much anyone who has any inclination to defend our legal system or question the president asserting absolute authority."…

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