How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies

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How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies

By Alan Feuer and Lily Boyce Updated Oct. 10, 2025

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Fani Willis District attorney Fulton County, Ga.

John O. Brennan Former C.I.A. director

Other targets

Adam B. Schiff Senator Democrat of California

Letitia James Attorney general of New York

Investigations underway

James Comey Former F.B.I. director

Indicted

From the moment Donald J. Trump began his campaign to return to the White House, he has expressed a clear desire to seek vengeance against his perceived enemies. In the last few weeks, the pressure campaign has intensified with two of his foes — James Comey and Letitia James — now indicted.

Back in power, Mr. Trump has weaponized the Justice Department to his own ends, critics say, in a more direct manner than any president since the Nixon era. The department, now led by Mr. Trump’s former personal lawyers, has fired dozens of career prosecutors, many of whom had worked on cases involving Mr. Trump. And the president and his allies have targeted or pushed out several U.S. attorneys as he seeks quick movement on cases involving a number of his political adversaries.

Each of the targets Mr. Trump has pursued through the Justice Department has denied wrongdoing, in statements or through lawyers. Here is a look at them:

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Why Trump is targeting James:


................As New York’s attorney general, Ms. James opened an investigation into Mr. Trump on allegations that he inflated the value of his real estate holdings. She eventually secured a half-a-billion-dollar penalty against him, but it was later thrown out by an appeals court.

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