The REAL Weaponization of the Federal Government occurred under Trump and Republicans

Weaponized the Federal Government Against Political Enemies

The Trump IRS Audited former F.B.I. Director James Comey and former F.B.I. Deputy Director Andrew McCabe shortly after he called for Comey and McCabe to be “Punished”.  Former Chief Of Staff John Kelly accused Trump of having the I.R.S. investigate political enemies such as former FBI Director James Comey and his deputy, Andrew McCabe.

 

John Kelly says Trump discussed using IRS to retaliate against FBI employees.

New York Times Washington correspondent Mike Schmidt and former Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann discuss Schmidt’s reporting on new evidence of a potentially illegal pressure campaign by Trump. Jul 10, 2023

 

Report exposes Durham as tool of Barr’s political Weaponization of DOJ

Alex Wagner shares details from an astonishing new report from the New York Times that looks at how Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation of the Trump Russia investigation was manipulated by former Attorney General Bill Barr for its political utility to Donald Trump.

 

Former U.S. Attorney Berman Reveals How Trump Weaponized The DOJ

Former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman, details instances when Donald Trump abused the power of the Department of Justice.

 

How the GOP probe into ‘weaponization’ of the government turned out previously

“This is what everyone needs to know, as we watch what happens with this new Republican House committee—the investigation into the ‘weaponization of the federal government.’ It has already been done. It cost $6 million. It went on for 4 years. It failed,” says Chris Hayes, discussing new reporting on the Durham investigation.

 

REPUBLICAN Trump’s “Weaponization of the Federal Government” Exposed

Former F.B.I. Director James Comey and former F.B.I. Deputy Director Andrew McCabe were audited by the Trump Administration’s IRS, shortly after Trump called for Comey and McCabe to be “punished”. The audit was conducted under the leadership of a Trump appointee, who has now agreed to an internal probe of the audits.

 

Trump / Barr DOJ Caught Investigating Political Enemies

The New York Times reported that Barr’s DOJ issued subpoenas to Apple for the metadata for Congressmen Schiff and Swalwell and members of their staff and families. This allegedly was part of an investigation into leaks coming from the House Intelligence Committee, yet no Republican members of that committee had their information subpoenaed. This looks more like the weaponization of the DOJ for Trump’s political advantage than it looks like a legitimate leaks investigation.

 

Trump/Barr’s DOJ Issued Subpoenas for Rep. Adam Schiff’s and Rep.Eric Swalwell’s Electronic Data

In a stunning revelation, even for the Trump/Barr Department of Justice, the New York Times reported that Barr’s DOJ issued subpoenas to Apple for the metadata for Congressmen Schiff and Swalwell and members of their staff and families. This allegedly was part of an investigation into leaks coming from the House Intelligence Committee, yet no Republican members of that committee had their information subpoenaed. This looks more like the weaponization of the DOJ for Trump’s political advantage than it looks like a legitimate leaks investigation.

 

As More DOJ Abuses Are Exposed, Demands For Answers Grow

Michael Schmidt, Washington correspondent for the New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting that the DOJ seized private data on members of Congress and their staff members and families, and still fresh revelations that the data of reporters was also subpoenaed in other investigations.

 

DOJ inspector general launches investigation into Trump’s use of subpoenas

 

William Barr Tried To Undermine Michael Cohen Prosecution

According to multiple different sources who spoke with The New York Times, one of the first orders of business for William Barr when he took over as Attorney General was to try to undermine the prosecution of Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer/fixer. Trump has repeatedly gone after Cohen since he testified before Congress, but it appears that he was more worried about Cohen than he let on publicly.

 

Court Says Trump’s AG Bill Barr Lied about The Mueller Report

A federal appeals court in Washington ruled contrary to William Barr’s public announcement that he had evaluated the evidence of obstruction in Robert Mueller’s report and decided there was not enough to charge Donald Trump, Barr did not give consideration to such a charge before declaring insufficient evidence.

 

Federal Judge Calls Out Bill Barr For Lying About Mueller Report

Rachel Maddow looks at former Attorney General Bill Barr’s record of lying about the Mueller report, and outlines a federal judge’s finding that Barr lied again about how the decision was made not to charge Donald Trump with obstruction of justice, ordering the release of never-before-seen material on that subject unless Attorney General Merrick Garland appeals that decision.

 

Barr’s Botched Effort To Rig SDNY For Trump Prompts Investigation

Discussed are the many investigations being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York that touch upon some aspect of Donald Trump’s affairs, which may explain Bill Barr’s eagerness to recast the office with people more favorable to Trump

 

William Barr Ordered Fox News To Muzzle Trump Critic On Their Network

According to a new book by CNN’s Brian Stelter, Attorney General William Barr personally told Rupert Murdoch that Judge Andrew Napolitano needed to be silenced on his network because he was being too critical of Donald Trump. Napolitano had previously said that Trump should be impeached (back in 2019) and that was apparently the point at which the Justice Department decided to step in to protect the President from Fox News.

 

Barr’s DOJ Accused Of Gross Abuse Of Power In New Flynn Report

Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, talks with Ali Velshi about the conclusions reported by a former federal judge appointed to advise the court on the DOJ’s unusual reversal on the case it had prosecuted against Mike Flynn. Aired on 6/10/2020.

 

If Any Other Official Took This Many Top Secret Documents, They Would Be In Jail

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, on Sunday warned of riots if former President Trump is prosecuted over the handling of classified materials found when the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago. Also, the Wall Street Journal editorial board asks if that’s all there is with the affidavit. Joe Scarborough weighs in on the Republican response and notes that if any member of Congress, any ambassador, any intelligence member took that many documents, they would be in jail.

 

Former political party is fully anti-democracy’: Walsh on mock jail cell at CPAC

Former Republican congressmen Joe Walsh and Charlie Dent spoke with CNN’s Jim Acosta about CPAC featuring an exhibit with a Jan. 6 rioter in a fake jail cell pretending to cry.

 

Republicans claiming the Federal Government has been Weaponized against Trump, Republicans and MAGA January 6 Rioters after being rounded up and arrested for their crimes prove they are LAWLESS HYPOCRITES.

They’re HYPOCRITES because if the rioters were BLM protestors they’d be demanding HARSH prison sentences or worse.

They’re HYPOCRITES because if a Democrat President had done a fraction of what Trump has done, Republicans would have demanded investigations, impeached him or her in a heartbeat and demand they be arrested.

 

Republicans are LAWLESS, because they don’t care what crimes they’re rioters committed to keep Trump in office after he lost. They’ve attempted to whitewash January 6 as a “Peaceful Protest”, “Political Discourse” and call those who were arrested “Political Prisoners”.

 

House Republicans proved they’re LAWLESS and unfit to hold public office when they failed to vote to Impeach Trump who violated his Oath of Office numerous ways, including Obstructing Justice, Abuse of Power, Blocking Congressional Oversight, Demanding Ukraine President Zelenskyy make an announcement political opponent Joe Biden was being investigated in exchange for Foreign Aid, Pressured Georgia Secretary of State to “find” more votes, incited an Insurrection to stay in office by a Coup and more.

House Republicans proved they’re LAWLESS when they ousted Liz Cheney, who put the Rule of Law, the Constitution & Decency over her own career by voting to Impeach Trump, the most lawless President in History.

 

 

House Republicans shouldn’t even be be allowed to hold a majority… they should have been REMOVED for violating their Oath of Office by voting to overturn the 2020 election results after 50+ court cases PROVED Trump’s “Rigged” or “Stolen” claims were BASELESS.

 

Democrats debunk Jim Jordan’s FBI ‘whistleblower’ charade

According to a new 300-plus page report from the Democrats on the weaponization committee, Jim Jordan’s so-called FBI “whistleblowers” don’t exactly have the goods.

 

Rep. Allred: GOP reps on weaponization panel should ‘take the tinfoil hat off’

“You and I both know that’s not happening,” says Rep. Allred on Republicans’ premise of a vast, overarching government conspiracy to silence conservatives. “But this is what can happen when you get stuck in an information loop.”

 

Why Rep. Jim Jordan facing criticisms from some on the right

Two months into the Republican RIGGED majority in the House, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is facing frustrations over how he’s conducted the business of a subcommittee armed with sprawling power to probe some of Republicans’ biggest targets in the federal government, according to new reporting from the Washington Post’s Jackie Alemany.

 

 

GOP extremist House committee appointments is “the completion of the insurrection”

Extreme MAGA Republicans have been appointed to key House committees. Republicans who supported overturning the 2020 election being appointed to powerful House committees is decried by Joy Reid’s expert guests.

 

Republican Insurrectionists in Charge of House of Representatives

 

RNC Is A Cult For Calling Jan. 6 ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’

“How do you get a cult to face the truth?” Lawrence O’Donnell explains how the Jan. 6 Cmte. is trying to crush Republican lies with the truth.

 

REPUBLICANS HAVE NO INTEREST IN GOVERNING OR MAKING AMERICAN’S LIVES BETTER… THEY’RE ONLY INTERESTED IN INVENTING SCANDALS TO GAIN POLITICAL POINTS

Darrell Issas & Republicans kept looking for scandals to pin on President Obama and wasted millions of taxpayer dollars in the process.

 

 

60 Americans died while George W. Bush was President. There were no endless investigations by Republicans into those deaths… proving that the endless Benghazi investigations were politically motivated and motivated by HATE. The investigations also proved that Republicans are Hypocrites for failing to equally investigate the 60 deaths which occurred on BUSH’S watch.

 

 

 

 

 

Republicans are going to do everything they can to harm the Biden Admin to get even because they’re vindictive Partisan HACKS who LOST the 2020 election

On Thursday, the newly-created House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government is set to hold its first hearing. The subpanel is just the latest avenue for fearmongering Republicans to do what they do best: peddle baseless conspiracies.

 

 

‘Coverup Committee’: Gallego blasts GOP bid to investigate the investigators

“It is a sanctioned coverup committee by Kevin McCarthy that he has sanctioned for the sole purpose of getting those radicals to vote for him for speaker,” says Rep. Ruben Gallego. “This is as if we gave the mafia the right to investigate the South District of New York Attorney’s office.”

 

MAGA Republicans Are Trying To Erase Violent Reality Of Jan. 6

Zerlina Maxwell speaks to Congressman Eric Swalwell about a piece of performance art at a conservative conference where a January 6 rioter dressed up as a political prisoner and what’s behind Trump supporters attempts to make themselves out to be the victims of the January 6th Capitol attack.

 

‘Foxitis’: MAGA Rioters Use Fox News Defense To Fight Criminal Charges

One of the alleged rioters who stormed the Capitol is claiming Fox made them do it, his lawyer coining the phrase “Foxitis” for his defense. This defendant is not the first rioter to blame the conservative outlet for their actions on January 6.

 

U.S. House Republicans vote to go after Biden Justice Department

Republicans controlling the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to launch an investigation into what they term President Joe Biden’s weaponization of the federal government, but Democrats branded it a partisan fishing expedition.

Per the above article: “Republicans controlling the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to launch an investigation into what they term President Joe Biden’s weaponization of the federal government, but Democrats branded it a partisan fishing expedition. Republicans have been promising to use their new majority against the Justice Department, FBI and other federal agencies investigating Republican former president Donald Trump and his supporters who on Jan. 6, 2021, stormed the Capitol”.

The GOP is a LAWLESS PARTY which doesn’t want any of their own to be held accountable for their crimes.