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mahatmakanejeeves

(64,668 posts)
Wed May 14, 2025, 07:18 AM Wednesday

DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says

Hat tip, Joe.My.God.


JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says

As Jeanine Pirro prepares to become U.S. attorney in D.C., Trump loyalist Ed Martin is taking over the Justice Department's effort to investigate Trump's investigators.


——— Interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward Martin during an Anacostia Coordinating Council monthly meeting in Washington on March 25.Valerie Plesch / The Washington Post via Getty Images files

May 13, 2025, 4:54 PM EDT
By Ryan J. Reilly

WASHINGTON — The conservative activist named by President Donald Trump as the head of the Justice Department's "Weaponization Working Group" said Tuesday he planned to "name" and "shame" individuals the department determines it is unable to charge with crimes, in what would amount to a major departure from longstanding Justice Department protocols.

Ed Martin described himself at a press conference as the "captain" of the group that is investigating prosecutors who launched past investigations into Trump and his allies.

“There are some really bad actors, some people that did some really bad things to the American people. And if they can be charged, we’ll charge them. But if they can’t be charged, we will name them," Martin said. "And we will name them, and in a culture that respects shame, they should be people that are ashamed. And that’s a fact. That’s the way things work. And so that’s, that’s how I believe the job operates.”

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DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday OP
This will backfire...................... Lovie777 Wednesday #1
The man with no shame is going to shame people?😂😂😂 Phoenix61 Wednesday #2
Someday, Trump will no longer be here. But we will remember and shun his lackeys. LiberalLoner Wednesday #3
And imprison them JustAnotherGen Wednesday #6
Authoritarian intimidation tactic--cause so much trouble/danger in their personal lives they "disintegrate." Timeflyer Wednesday #4
... 2naSalit Wednesday #5
Name them and I'll start a Gofundme to award them medals. sinkingfeeling Wednesday #7
Considering the moral resumes of said Shammers, their shame might be worn as a badge of honor by Shames. Magoo48 Wednesday #8

JustAnotherGen

(34,990 posts)
6. And imprison them
Wed May 14, 2025, 09:24 AM
Wednesday

And have them lose the right to vote, hold public office, or work in any Federal Government job. They must be fully defeated.

Timeflyer

(3,160 posts)
4. Authoritarian intimidation tactic--cause so much trouble/danger in their personal lives they "disintegrate."
Wed May 14, 2025, 08:39 AM
Wednesday

Effective in silencing dissent for the Soviet KGB.

Magoo48

(6,310 posts)
8. Considering the moral resumes of said Shammers, their shame might be worn as a badge of honor by Shames.
Wed May 14, 2025, 04:30 PM
Wednesday

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