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Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions

www.washingtonpost.com /national-security/2025/05/17/trump-justice-department-prosecutions/

The Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section is charged with ensuring cases against elected officials are not politically motivated. The Trump administration is considering changing that.

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It's called the Public Integrity Unit and is in charge of making sure investigations aren't politically motivated.
I'm calling it now, it's as good as closed for:
DEI
Wokeism
Or the classic "Efficiency" from the party that wants to add 5 trillion in tax breaks for billionaires.
- It's as good as dead because fascism. Whether it's officially destroyed or not, it's already dead.
You have to be careful what you wish for given that you are only president for so long. Eventually you could be hoist on your own petard.
- Perhaps. He wants to emulate Putin. He probably won't live long enough to, but at some point he'll attempt martial law because of some invasion he cooks up. Jan 6 was the kid glove version of what they'll try this time.
- You have to be careful what you wish for given that you are only president for so long.
  He's been in "challenge accepted" for four months by now. He's not going anywhere unless physically removed.
- "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

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