#weaponizationofgovernment — Public Fediverse posts
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JFC! This was addressed during the trial!
Prosecutors Examined Firm With Tie to Judge in #Trump #HushMoney Trial
The #USattorney in Chicago subpoenaed a fund-raising firm that had been co-owned by the daughter of Judge Juan #Merchan, who conducted the trial that led to Donald Trump’s conviction of multiple felonies.
#Felon47 #RapistInChief #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #retribution #RevengePolitics #ToddBlanche #WeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/us/politics/prosecutors-examined-firm-with-tie-to-judge-in-trump-hush-money-trial.html?unlocked_article_code=1.51A.vJ03.q1alyz2EpB4J&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Dear Senator Cornyn, Blanche is grotesquely unqualified for the job. You still have an opportunity to do the obvious thing by voting no. But we all know you better than that.
Acting AG Todd Blanche reaches deal with holdout senators to scrap $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/acting-ag-todd-blanche-reaches-deal-holdout-senators-end-18b-anti-weap-rcna590525 -
About Pres. Donald Trump's decision to appoint home builder heir Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence:
Tommy Vietor: "Literally the only explanation for why Trump would install Pulte in this position is to have him use the resources and the authorities of the US intelligence community against Donald Trump's political enemies. Democrats should fight this tooth and nail."
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About Pres. Donald Trump's decision to appoint home builder heir Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence:
Sarah Longwell: "Pulte is a clown, but also the one who allegedly illegally pulled all the loan files to investigate Tish James, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, and Lisa Cook. Pretty alarming to make a guy willing to turn the state apparatus against citizens the Director of National Intelligence."
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Sen. Mark Warner: "Donald Trump’s pick for Acting DNI, Bill Pulte, is dangerously unqualified for the role. This move threatens the independence of our intelligence community and the safety of all Americans."
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"The Justice Department is leading a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer who won civil lawsuits accusing Pres. Trump of sexually abusing her and defamation." My guess is that her alleged crimes were hiring a good lawyer, upsetting a past president of the United States by reminding him of his crimes, and inspiring other victims to seek justice through the courts: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/live-updates_n_6a1570ece4b062ca52d4f285/liveblog_6a177b76e4b0457678e852aa
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In other words, there is no bottom.
Republicans break the ice with Paxton after brutal Texas Senate primary
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/27/thune-paxton-texas-senate-trump -
#JoeDiGenova’s appointment has rattled current & former employees of the #CIA who worry he will go after anyone inside the intelligence community who #Trump perceives to have played a part in politically motivated investigations, two of the sources said.
#law #ElectionInterference #Russia #PutinsPuppet #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics
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The #DOJ last month removed the veteran prosecutor in Miami who had been leading the investigation into #Brennan. The department then installed #JoeDiGenova, a former federal prosecutor turned conservative legal commentator & critic of Brennan, to oversee the probe & a related effort to examine whether prior investigations into #Trump amounted to a conspiracy against the president. 🙄🥱
#law #ElectionInterference #Russia #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics
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Acting AG #ToddBlanche helped oversee the #DOJ’s investigation into #Brennan when #PamBondi was AG. #Trump fired Bondi in April amid mounting White House frustration with the pace & outcome of her team’s investigations.
#law #ElectionInterference #Russia #PutinsPuppet #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics
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#Brennan’s lawyer said in a letter to the chief federal judge in Miami that prosecutors had told his client that he is a target of the investigation. He stated prosecutors were "#JudgeShopping" by trying to steer the investigation to a Trump-appointed judge in Fort Pierce, Florida, who previously dismissed a #criminal case against #Trump [yup, it’s the ever-so-compromised #AileenCannon.
#law #ElectionInterference #Russia #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics
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The dossier was referenced only briefly in the assessment & a summary of its allegations was attached to a classified version of the report. #Brennan has said the #CIA opposed including the #SteeleDossier in the report & the classified summary was only included as part of a compromise with the #FBI.
#law #ElectionInterference #Russia #PutinsPuppet #Trump #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics
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Known as the #SteeleDossier after its author, fmr British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, the document was funded by Trump's political opponents & included salacious rumors about alleged links between his 2016 campaign & Moscow, which #Trump strenuously denied. [but it was just 1 document in the investigation]
#law #ElectionInterference #Russia #PutinsPuppet #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics
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The current & former #CIA officers are being asked about #Brennan's role in producing the assessment & the extent to which its conclusions were shaped by a controversial dossier of unverified claims about Trump's ties to #Russia.
#law #ElectionInterference #PutinsPuppet #Trump #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics
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And yet, still, #Trump, who has falsely described the #Russia investigation as a “hoax”, has pushed prosecutors to dig into those he perceives to have been involved in spearheading the probe, including #Brennan.
A source familiar with the Brennan investigation said that #FBI agents had questioned about a dozen current & former #CIA officers who worked on the 2017 assessment.
#law #ElectionInterference #PutinsPuppet #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics
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Prosecutors have been examining whether he made a false statement to #Congress in 2023 in discussing a 2017 intelligence assessment that looked at #ElectionInterference by #Russia in 2016.
The core conclusions of that assessment, which focused on Russia’s cyber-espionage & influence efforts to boost #Trump’s candidacy over Hillary Clinton, were later affirmed by the #DOJ, a bipartisan #Senate committee & a #CIA review.
#law #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics
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Employees were questioned last week by agents out of the Miami field office at #CIA HQ in McLean, Virginia. Interviews are expected to continue throughout the coming weeks, 3 sources said.
The #USAttorney's Office for the Southern District of #Florida has for months pursued an investigation into #Brennan.
#law #ElectionInterference #Russia #PutinsPuppet #Trump #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics
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Enough already.
Exclusive: #FBI questions #CIA officers over #Russia assessment in #Brennan probe
The FBI has begun interviewing current & former CIA employees as part of DOJ’s investigation into ex-CIA director #JohnBrennan over his role in an intelligence finding that Russia interfered in the #2016election to help #Trump, according to 5 sources familiar with the matter.
#law #ElectionInterference #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/fbi-questions-cia-officers-over-russia-assessment-brennan-probe-sources-say-2026-05-12/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement -
MAGA Afraid Dems Will Jail Them? Gosh, Such A Shame
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Since #Trump took office, his admin has mounted an aggressive campaign to use federal law enforcement agencies to pursue his political adversaries, repeatedly.
…Even against this backdrop, a proposal to release extensive files, send agents to China to interview a suspected intelligence operative & offer her a #US #visa in exchange for unreliable revelations about a US congressman would be extraordinary.
#KashPatel #EricSwalwell #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #EnemiesList #WeaponizationOfGovernment
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Internal #DOJ policy has long said that law enforcement should refrain from taking any public investigatory steps against a political candidate in the 60 days before an #election, to prevent even the appearance of the department using its power to sway the #vote.
…The #California gubernatorial primary is June 2.
#Trump #KashPatel #EricSwalwell #ElectionInterference #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
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“Most troubling about this is that we are now literally at #war. We also face threats against the homeland,” #EricSwalwell said in a statement. “#KashPatel should be spending every moment trying to keep us safe, not scoring political points. A lot of people have bent the knee to this administration. But I will not, & neither will the people of California.”
#Trump #NationalSecurity #DOJ #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
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They also said they feared the repercussions of sending agents to the territory of an adversarial nation to dig up information on a sitting congressman. Such an interview, legal experts said, would be impossible without Chinese interference, & Fang would be considered an unreliable witness.
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🚨Despite that, #FBI leaders have recently suggested in internal discussions that the govt could try to arrange for Fang to get a #US #visa in exchange for speaking with FBI agents about the Democrat, acc/to the 3 people with knowledge of Patel’s efforts. It would be highly unorthodox to grant a visa to a person suspected of being an #intelligence agent for a foreign superpower.
#Trump #KashPatel #DOJ #law #NationalSecurity #immigration #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #WeaponizationOfGovernment
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#EricSwalwell was not accused of any wrongdoing when the #FBI investigated his relationship with Fang a decade ago. In 2023, the #Republican-led #House #Ethics Cmte closed a 2-year investigation into the congressman, deciding to “take no further action.”
#Trump #KashPatel #DOJ #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
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As #FBI director, #KashPatel has focused on trying to bring a criminal case against the outspoken Democrat, reassigning multiple agents in San Francisco to work on the matter, the current & former ofcls said. FBI leaders have even discussed sending agents to China to talk to the suspected intelligence operative, believing she could have damaging information about #EricSwalwell, acc/to 2 of the people….
#Trump #DOJ #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #WeaponizationOfGovernment #GovernmentWaste
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#FBI Director #KashPatel is pressing to release a decade-old investigative file involving Rep. #EricSwalwell (D-California) & a suspected Chinese intelligence operative, recently dispatching agents in the Bureau’s San Francisco office to quickly redact the files before they are released publicly despite NO evidence of wrongdoing by Swalwell, according to three people familiar with the effort.
#Trump #DOJ #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
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#KashPatel’s push against Democratic lawmaker raises concerns within #FBI
The FBI director seeks to post documents on Rep #EricSwalwell despite no evidence of wrongdoing, officials said.
#Trump #DOJ #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/28/fbi-patel-eric-swalwell/ -
“There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass & pressure Powell either to yield to the president or to resign & make way for a Fed Chair who will,” Judge #Boasberg wrote. “On the other side of the scale, the government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”
#Trump #MafiaState #law #LegalEthics #JeromePowell #FederalReserve #economy #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
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Judge Blocks Subpoenas Targeting #Fed Chair
A federal judge blocked an attempt by the #DOJ to issue subpoenas to the #FederalReserve in its investigation of the chair, #JeromePowell. The judge wrote that there was “abundant evidence” the government’s action was designed to “harass & pressure” Powell into yielding to Trump’s wishes to lower #InterestRates or resign.
#MafiaState #law #LegalEthics #judiciary #economy #Trump #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/13/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share