A president ordering investigations of specific individuals whom he considers to be his political enemies is a remarkable breach of the traditional wall of separation between the White House and the Justice Department. Under that norm of separation, criminal investigations are supposed to be insulated from political pressure, but Trump has repeatedly scorned the notion of DOJ independence. Making Wednesday’s action even more remarkable, and perhaps unprecedented, is that Trump used the formal power of executive orders to effectively brand two individuals as subjects of criminal investigations.
Krebs, who was the administration’s top cybersecurity official responsible for election security, was
fired by Trump via tweet after he had
asserted shortly after President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020 that “in every case of which we are aware, these claims [of fraud] either have been unsubstantiated or are technically incoherent.” He had also authorized a joint statement
by CISA and other stakeholder groups that said the election was secure and that there was no indication of votes being changed or stolen, which angered Trump.
Time once again to play “Promises Kept” with your host…Panican Trainrek
Promise: Kept?
Lower grocery prices: Fail. Although we must acknowledge that high prices are now good!
Lower energy prices: Fail
Tariffs:
Spectacular fail
Strong Economy: FAIL
Strong Stock market:
Tax cuts on OT: Fail
No tax on tips: Fail
No taxes on SS: Fail
Deport millions: Fail “Let them stay if they have a nice letter!!!”
Ukraine War over Day one:
Gaza conflict resolved: Fail
Free IVF: Sure…sure.
Pardon Traitorous Cop-killers: KEPT!!!
MAGA Pronoun safe space: SUCCESS!
Final Score: Winning!!!
“ Reagan’s Alzheimers diagnosis supposedly happened after he left office, but he was a goner long before then.”
I remember reading a very long NYT article only a few years after he left office, about how with about a year and a half left in his term, some of his staff and cabinet wanted to 25th Amendment him.