Entering the Golden Age: Ending the Weaponization of the Justice Department

House Subcommittee on Responsiveness and Accountability to Oversight

2025-02-25

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Let's start in the great state of New York.  Alvin Bragg ran for Manhattan DA, focused on only one thing, targeting Donald Trump instead of cleaning up the many problems facing New York City.   After years of searching, he revived a dismissed case with the help of former DOJ officials and used a shaky legal theory to turn misdemeanors into felonies.  And it wasn't just Bragg.  New York's Attorney General Letitia James also made it her mission to go after President Trump.  She campaigned on it.   Prosecutors, attorney generals, they shouldn't campaign on politics.  They should campaign on justice.  She campaigned on it and she promised voters she'd quote, exact quote, get Trump.   before even seeing a shred of evidence.  And sure enough, once in office, she followed through, twisting civil statutes into weapons for political gain, targeting not just Trump, but his entire family business.  In Fulton County, Georgia, Fannie Willis also campaigned on prosecuting President Trump.  She coordinated with the partisan January 6th Committee and the Biden White House   from Georgia and hired her romantic partner as the lead prosecutor.  Couldn't make this stuff up.  I guess office romances can sometimes take you places.  For Fannie Willis and Nathan Wade, it was tropical destinations, it was luxury hotels, all on the taxpayer's dime.   And while they were busy enjoying the perks, the cases they were building against Trump were falling apart under the weight of conflicts and impropriety because it was pure political lawfare.   I want to just note, no one should run for DA, AG, or any legal office.