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Each of #EdMartin’s actions violates #DOJ rules and norms: Prosecutors are barred from making investigative decisions based on #politics; they are asked not to comment on specific cases; and they are supposed to avoid turning their investigations into public spectacles.
#Trump #law #RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #SeparationOfPowers #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment
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While he told an inquiring neighbor that he was “just looking at houses, interesting houses,” #EdMartin later appeared on FauxNews saying that, as a prosecutor, he wanted to see the property with his own eyes. It was the latest in a string of media appearances he made in relation to his investigation of #NYAG #LeticiaJames, one of #Trump’s most prominent adversaries.
#law #RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment
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While he told an inquiring neighbor that he was “just looking at houses, interesting houses,” #EdMartin later appeared on FauxNews saying that, as a prosecutor, he wanted to see the property with his own eyes. It was the latest in a string of media appearances he made in relation to his investigation of #NYAG #LeticiaJames, one of #Trump’s most prominent adversaries.
#law #RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment
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While he told an inquiring neighbor that he was “just looking at houses, interesting houses,” #EdMartin later appeared on FauxNews saying that, as a prosecutor, he wanted to see the property with his own eyes. It was the latest in a string of media appearances he made in relation to his investigation of #NYAG #LeticiaJames, one of #Trump’s most prominent adversaries.
#law #RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment
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“That guidance, which is not legally binding, is significant in an administration that has vowed to upend the #DOJ & the #FBI, which #Trump & his allies have accused of mistreating him.
“…#Legal experts say the guidance could erode guardrails that have traditionally given the #Justice Department a degree of #independence from the White House that does not exist for other executive branch agencies.”
#law #impartiality #authoritarianism #democracy #TrumpCoup #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment
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#Trump White House says it
can talk to #Justice Dept on #criminal cases“...explicitly saying the president & vice president & their top lawyers can discuss ongoing criminal & civil cases with the attorney general & her deputies, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.”
#law #impartiality #authoritarianism #democracy #TrumpCoup #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/09/trump-justice-department-guidance-memo/ -
The fighting words come as #FEMA’s #DisasterRelief #fund is rapidly running out of #money in the wake of #Idalia, unprecedented #flooding in #Vermont & devastating #wildfires in #Maui.
#Scientists say #ClimateChange is increasing the frequency & intensity of such #WeatherDisasters, further straining FEMA’s #budget & personnel.
#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement #GovernmentShutdown -
The fighting words come as #FEMA’s #DisasterRelief #fund is rapidly running out of #money in the wake of #Idalia, unprecedented #flooding in #Vermont & devastating #wildfires in #Maui.
#Scientists say #ClimateChange is increasing the frequency & intensity of such #WeatherDisasters, further straining FEMA’s #budget & personnel.
#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement #GovernmentShutdown -
The fighting words come as #FEMA’s #DisasterRelief #fund is rapidly running out of #money in the wake of #Idalia, unprecedented #flooding in #Vermont & devastating #wildfires in #Maui.
#Scientists say #ClimateChange is increasing the frequency & intensity of such #WeatherDisasters, further straining FEMA’s #budget & personnel.
#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement #GovernmentShutdown -
The fighting words come as #FEMA’s #DisasterRelief #fund is rapidly running out of #money in the wake of #Idalia, unprecedented #flooding in #Vermont & devastating #wildfires in #Maui.
#Scientists say #ClimateChange is increasing the frequency & intensity of such #WeatherDisasters, further straining FEMA’s #budget & personnel.
#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement #GovernmentShutdown -
The fighting words come as #FEMA’s #DisasterRelief #fund is rapidly running out of #money in the wake of #Idalia, unprecedented #flooding in #Vermont & devastating #wildfires in #Maui.
#Scientists say #ClimateChange is increasing the frequency & intensity of such #WeatherDisasters, further straining FEMA’s #budget & personnel.
#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement #GovernmentShutdown -
Rep #RalphNorman (R), whose state was also inundated by #flooding from #Idalia, told reporters yesterday that it would be “unacceptable” to pass a #stopgap #funding bill that doesn’t offer these #concessions….
“It’s time to fight,” Norman said. “If it shuts the government down, shut it down.”#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement #GovernmentShutdown
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Rep #RalphNorman (R), whose state was also inundated by #flooding from #Idalia, told reporters yesterday that it would be “unacceptable” to pass a #stopgap #funding bill that doesn’t offer these #concessions….
“It’s time to fight,” Norman said. “If it shuts the government down, shut it down.”#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement #GovernmentShutdown
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Rep #RalphNorman (R), whose state was also inundated by #flooding from #Idalia, told reporters yesterday that it would be “unacceptable” to pass a #stopgap #funding bill that doesn’t offer these #concessions….
“It’s time to fight,” Norman said. “If it shuts the government down, shut it down.”#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement #GovernmentShutdown
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Rep #RalphNorman (R), whose state was also inundated by #flooding from #Idalia, told reporters yesterday that it would be “unacceptable” to pass a #stopgap #funding bill that doesn’t offer these #concessions….
“It’s time to fight,” Norman said. “If it shuts the government down, shut it down.”#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement #GovernmentShutdown
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Rep #RalphNorman (R), whose state was also inundated by #flooding from #Idalia, told reporters yesterday that it would be “unacceptable” to pass a #stopgap #funding bill that doesn’t offer these #concessions….
“It’s time to fight,” Norman said. “If it shuts the government down, shut it down.”#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement #GovernmentShutdown
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In a fiery (#performative) floor speech yesterday, #Gaetz vowed that if House *Speaker* #KevinMcCarthy seeks to pass government #funding #legislation w/o including any #concessions to the #FreedomCaucus, he will trigger a vote to #depose #McCarthy.
#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement
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In a fiery (#performative) floor speech yesterday, #Gaetz vowed that if House *Speaker* #KevinMcCarthy seeks to pass government #funding #legislation w/o including any #concessions to the #FreedomCaucus, he will trigger a vote to #depose #McCarthy.
#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement
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In a fiery (#performative) floor speech yesterday, #Gaetz vowed that if House *Speaker* #KevinMcCarthy seeks to pass government #funding #legislation w/o including any #concessions to the #FreedomCaucus, he will trigger a vote to #depose #McCarthy.
#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement
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In a fiery (#performative) floor speech yesterday, #Gaetz vowed that if House *Speaker* #KevinMcCarthy seeks to pass government #funding #legislation w/o including any #concessions to the #FreedomCaucus, he will trigger a vote to #depose #McCarthy.
#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement
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In a fiery (#performative) floor speech yesterday, #Gaetz vowed that if House *Speaker* #KevinMcCarthy seeks to pass government #funding #legislation w/o including any #concessions to the #FreedomCaucus, he will trigger a vote to #depose #McCarthy.
#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice #PoliticsOfAppeasement