{"id":104613,"date":"2025-09-24T03:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/as-trump-gives-doj-marching-orders-a-clear-double-standard-emerges-104613"},"modified":"2025-09-24T03:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:00:06","slug":"as-trump-gives-doj-marching-orders-a-clear-double-standard-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/as-trump-gives-doj-marching-orders-a-clear-double-standard-emerges-104613","title":{"rendered":"As Trump gives DOJ marching orders, a clear double standard emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Trump<\/a> just fired a top federal prosecutor because he failed to bring charges against two despised opponents, New York Attorney General Letitia James and ex-FBI chief James Comey.<\/p>\n

The ouster of Erik Siebert, U.S. attorney for Virginia\u2019s Eastern District \u2014 and Trump\u2019s own appointee \u2014 came after he couldn\u2019t find sufficient evidence to charge James with mortgage fraud.<\/p>\n

The president blamed the firing on Siebert having been put forward by two Democratic senators \u2013 hardly a secret \u2013 under the archaic “blue slip” requirement that should be abolished.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, I want him out,” Trump said after ABC broke the story. Tish James is “very guilty of something.”<\/p>\n

VIRGINIA PROSECUTOR RESIGNS AMID PRESSURE TO INDICT LETITIA JAMES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, “he didn\u2019t quit, I fired him!”<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a blip of a story, compared to Trump and his team naming a special prosecutor to again investigate Russiagate allegations from 2016; dropping corruption charges against New York\u2019s Mayor Eric Adams, and suspending security clearances for the law firm that Robert Mueller left four years ago (later blocked by a judge).<\/p>\n

The larger point is that perhaps we\u2019ve become inured to the serious spectacle of a president not just interfering with the Justice Department<\/a> but literally dictating who should be charged and who should be protected.<\/p>\n

Trump told Pam Bondi over the weekend, “They impeached me twice, and indicted me (five times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!”\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said he believes James, Comey and Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff<\/a> are “all guilty as hell” but that nothing is being done.<\/p>\n

As someone who used to roam the halls of the Justice Department \u2014 and covered three independent counsels involving Ronald Reagan\u2019s AG, Ed Meese \u2014 I am acutely aware of the ethical boundaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MIKE DAVIS: HOW THE TRUMP DOJ IS HOLDING GOOGLE ACCOUNTABLE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

After the Watergate scandal, which included Attorney General John Mitchell going to prison, led to reforms, the idea of a wall between the White House<\/a> and DOJ was further cemented.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Joe Biden<\/a> saw any involvement in criminal probes as radioactive, and no evidence of his tampering has surfaced (though he did pardon a bunch of allies, including his son).<\/p>\n

There was a huge uproar back when Bill Clinton had a chance tarmac meeting with his AG, Loretta Lynch, while his wife was under investigation over her private email server. She said they talked about grandchildren and travel. A CBS reporter called the meeting “absolutely shocking.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

But you don\u2019t have to rely on unnamed sources to learn about Trump giving his attorney general marching orders. He broadcasts it, even boasts about it.<\/p>\n

Of course, Trump stretching his executive powers goes well beyond DOJ. There are his funding freezes against universities, dispatching of the National Guard<\/a> in D.C. and elsewhere, and attempting to fire members of supposedly independent agencies such as the Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n

The escalation against the media has been nothing short of stunning. Trump cheered ABC\u2019s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel against the backdrop of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr<\/a> threatening to take action against its local licenses. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” he said, prompting some conservatives to say he sounded like a mafioso.<\/p>\n

Trump won a $16 million settlement from ABC over George Stephanopoulos saying Trump had been held liable for “rape,” not sexual abuse. He also won $16 million from CBS over the biased editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.\u00a0<\/p>\n

JUDGE TOSSES OUT TRUMP’S $15 BILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST NEW YORK TIMES FOR BEING TOO LONG<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

It just so happens that Nexstar, which preempted Kimmel and owns many CBS affiliates, needs administration approval to take over Tegna, another media conglomerate.<\/p>\n

Trump filed suit against the Wall Street Journal for reporting he\u2019d sent a birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> with a silhouette of a naked woman\u2013and when that surfaced with what closely resembled his signature, continued to deny he had done it.<\/p>\n

And then there is his $15 billion suit against the New York Times, which a judge threw out after just four days for its “inexcusable” breaking of the rules in a filing filled with “vituperation.” It\u2019s a strange suit because it wasn\u2019t triggered by any particular story, just a general charge that the Times campaign coverage was illegal, including a Harris endorsement that ran on the front page.<\/p>\n

Even the largest corporations have to spend big bucks to defend such suits, which is sort of the point.<\/p>\n

But nothing is as sensitive and powerful as law enforcement, whose officials can shield allies and prosecute opponents.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s position is that DOJ was weaponized against him during the Biden administration, and therefore he\u2019s entitled to payback.<\/p>\n

The latest news just broke. The Justice Department was investigating border czar Tom Homan<\/a> for allegedly offering to help win federal contracts to businessmen \u2014 who were actually undercover FBI agents \u2014 in exchange for $50,000.<\/p>\n

But as MSNBC reports, Trump\u2019s DOJ dropped the case after he took office.
Since the hidden-camera encounter took place before Trump was elected, when Homan was a private citizen, I could argue he was just doing what hundreds of lobbyists do. Except for one nagging detail \u2014 Homan took the 50K in cash, in a Cava fast-food bag. No paper trail.<\/p>\n

And yet Pam Bondi\u2019s<\/a> department gave him a pass.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors in every administration must make difficult judgment calls about whether they have enough evidence to convict, especially against government officials or high-profile figures.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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And next time there\u2019s a Democrat<\/a> in the White House, what\u2019s to stop that person from playing the same kind of hardball, saying their party was entitled to payback? The cycles could be endless.<\/p>\n

As for now, it would be easier to have confidence in these prosecution decisions if the president wasn\u2019t openly calling the shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/trump-gives-doj-marching-orders-clear-double-standard-emerges <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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