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Jan 30, 2021
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How Trump, AG Bondi Can Persuade Democrats to Abandon Lawfare

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John Yoo
John Yoo
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John Yoo
John Shu
John Shu
John Shu
Summary
Politicians should put an end to lawfare and the weaponization of government.
Summary
Politicians should put an end to lawfare and the weaponization of government.

On President Donald Trump’s first day back in office, he signed an executive order entitled "Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government," responding to the Biden administration’s lawfare against him. Democrats still harshly criticize that E.O.

On Nov. 15, 2022, former President Donald Trump announced that he again was running for president. On Nov. 18, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as special counsel to investigate and prosecute Trump, a historical first because prosecuting a former president and the leading presidential candidate of the major opposition political party shattered two centuries of legal norms and tradition.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, recently said that Biden’s "Justice Department’s infected with political decision-making, while its leaders refuse to acknowledge that reality."

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