In a stunning and brazen escalation of his war on the independent judiciary, President Donald Trump publicly ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to immediately prosecute his political enemies, shattering decades of protocol designed to shield the Justice Department from raw political coercion.
Taking to his Truth Social platform, the President demanded the criminal indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James, former FBI Director James Comey, and Democratic Senator Adam Schiff, declaring them all “guilty as hell” in a trial-by-social-media.
This direct command from the nation’s chief executive to its top law enforcement official to target specific individuals represents a chilling breakdown of the constitutional firewall between the White House and prosecutorial discretion.
“We cant delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility,” Trump seethed in one message, explicitly linking the calls for prosecution to his own past impeachments and indictments. “JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!”
The inflammatory posts came just one day after Trump successfully forced the resignation of Erik S. Siebert, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Siebert, a Trump appointee, had drawn the President’s ire for his refusal to seek indictments against James and Comey, citing a lack of evidence.
In a move that critics are calling a naked purge, Siebert was ousted, and his chief deputy was demoted, effectively decapitating the leadership of the prominent Alexandria-based office.
To fill the vacancy, Trump announced his intention to nominate Lindsey Halligan, a former personal lawyer with zero experience as a prosecutor, to one of the most critical law enforcement positions in the country.
Halligan, who was present at Mar-a-Lago during the FBI’s search for classified documents, currently serves as a White House adviser tasked with rooting out “improper ideology” at the Smithsonian Institution.
The President touted her as the one to deliver “JUSTICE FOR ALL.”
In a whirlwind series of events, the Justice Department swiftly installed Mary M. “Maggie” Cleary as the acting U.S. Attorney. Cleary, who has claimed she was falsely “framed” as a participant in the January 6th Capitol attack, now assumes control of the office that just closed the investigations she is now being pressured to reopen.
The campaign against Siebert was reportedly led by Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who leveled the initial allegations against James. Her attorney, Abbe Lowell, has decried the entire effort as a “brazen attack on the rule of law.”
“Firing people until he finds someone who will bend the law to carry out his revenge has been the President’s pattern — and it’s illegal,” Lowell stated. “Punishing this prosecutor, a Trump appointee, for doing his job sends a clear and chilling message that anyone who dares uphold the law over politics will face the same fate.”
This orchestrated campaign, from the public pressure to the installation of a loyalist with no prosecutorial pedigree, marks a dangerous new chapter: the weaponization of the Department of Justice not merely as a shield for the President, but as a sword to be wielded against his critics.
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