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Summary

Former federal prosecutor Sara Levine, fired by Trump, warned on 60 Minutes that the Justice Department is "under attack."

Levine, who prosecuted January 6 rioters, said she was fired for upholding the law.

Legal expert Peter Keisler criticized Trump's pardons of Capitol rioters, arguing they signal that crimes committed in support of Trump's agenda may go unpunished.

These actions undermine the rule of law and discouraging accountability for political violence.

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

In no universe would a Democrat President even be allowed to joke about the things that Trump is doing in plain sight.

How long are you guys going to wait until doing something?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago

Always rules for thee, not for me

[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

We did something already. It didn't work.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 18 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I've been terrified since early November

[–] choco_crispies@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 24 points 10 hours ago

The terrifying part happened at the election.

This was the expected part.

The next terrifying part is that we might not kick them out.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 hours ago

When idiots vote for a felon, they should expect that felon to destroy the system that might hold him accountable some day.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

The DOJ has been under attack since Jan 2018.

[–] Placebonickname@lemmy.world 80 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

I need more than Half the states to declare that Trump is a national emergency, and then set legislation to limit all Federal Authority in state level Justice Matters AND mark federal government actions, laws, and executive orders as null/void or something like that. We have to take power away from the Federal Government if it can’t be checked and balanced.

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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 112 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

Legal expert Peter Keisler criticized Trump's pardons of Capitol rioters, arguing they signal that crimes committed in support of Trump's agenda may go unpunished.

Um, isn't that the main point why Trump did it?

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 71 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (68 children)

It's like the entire liberal world has been conditioned to act like the things that are very obviously happening may happen ... not right now though ... at some future unknown date ... so you don't need to worry about it really. Don't rock the boat and certainly don't miss work tomorrow... just continue consuming and hold tight while someone else presumably sorts it out.

It's like a civilization-wide bystander effect.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 39 points 19 hours ago

Always have been:

I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice

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