#Trump Uses Speech at #DOJ to Air Bitter #Grievances Against His Enemies
Trump veered from his prepared remarks to launch into a bitter spiel in which he lashed out at lawyers & former prosecutors BY NAME in a venue dedicated to the #impartial administration of #justice.
#law #RevengePolitics #StochasticTerrorism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/trump-speech-justice-department.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=72D34028-FDFD-4055-B405-76CB2DC05C6A
The event, held in the Great Hall of the #Justice Dept, was billed as a major #policy address to reposition #DOJ from the purported political “weaponization” of the #Biden era to a renewed focus on crime, punishment & fighting drugs.
But in an hourlong speech, #Trump veered from his prepared remarks to launch into a bitter spiel in which he lashed out at lawyers & fmr prosecutors by name in a venue dedicated to the impartial administration of justice.
#Trump also accused the #DOJ’s #Biden-era leadership of trying to destroy him, & declared President Joseph R. Biden Jr. the head of a “crime” family.
“Scum,” Trump called his adversaries — in the same room where Attorney General Robert Jackson delivered a famous 1940 speech urging prosecutors be animated by “fair play” rather than a blind drive to win.
“Unfortunately in recent years, a corrupt group of hacks & radicals within the ranks of the American government obliterated the trust & good will built up over generations,” #Trump told an audience made up of supporters & law enforcement ofcls. “They weaponized the vast powers of our intelligence & law enforcement agencies to try & thwart the will of the American people.”
He implored his political appointees at the #DOJ not to “be deflected” by critics in enforcing his agenda—& he suggested he was preparing new executive actions to personally target the “violent vicious lawyers”who prosecuted him or opposed his policies in court.
“We’re turning the page on 4 long yrs of corruption, weaponization & surrender to violent criminals, & we’re restoring fair, equal & impartial justice,” Trump said, standing in the Great Hall of the #Justice Dept.
As he assailed the investigations into him, #Trump also heaped praise on #AileenCannon, the federal judge he appointed in Florida who dismissed the #criminal charges against him for mishandling #ClassifiedDocuments, calling her “the absolute model of what a judge should be.” [not that the 11th circuit repeatedly had to correct her judgments or anything ]
“The case against me was bullshit,” Trump said keeping it classy, standing in the building where the charges were approved.
During his first 6 weeks in power, #Trump & his appointees have torn down many of the barriers that have long existed between the White House & the #DOJ to prevent political #interference in the impartial application of #justice & ensure the #independence of federal #law enforcement agencies.
But Trump, who was 2X indicted by the DOJ, has long viewed the agency as the center of “deep state” resistance to him.
@Nonilex fuck the orange asshole
Him cursing is the least of it, I guess. But when I drop the F bomb, or something analogous, it's in the comfort of my own home (or sometimes in cafes when I get really exercised), not in the DOJ.
@Nonilex This is just so baffling. 1984 playbook all the fucking way.
Well, "anti-crime" in the sense that Trump would make criticizing or opposing him a crime, heresy against the state religion, and treason against the conjoined head of state, govt, and religion. That's Trump's vision.