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The Great REVENGE-Orwellian America: 100% ILLEGAL-TRUMP Fires DOZENS in Many Agencies
The Great Revenge as TRUMPs Orwellian America Takes Shape...
100% ILLEGAL: Trump Fires ALL Justice Department Lawyers Who Investigated Him. The Lawyers Were Part of Former Special Counsel Jack Smiths Team
This comes after Trump ordered the dismissal of more than a DOZEN Inspectors General, another move that legal experts have broadly warned is illegal.
PLUS Fired Labour Official Vows to Fight Trump in Court Which Wont Cost Trump One Cent. The American Taxpayers Will Foot The Bill For ALL of His Legal Costs
BBC 29 JAN 2025
A dozen were fired after Acting Attorney General James McHenry concluded they could not be trusted to faithfully implement the presidents agenda because of their significant role in prosecuting the president
The lawyers were part of former special counsel Jack Smiths team which investigated Trumps alleged mishandling of classified documents and his alleged attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
The firings on Monday are effective immediately.
Trumps last attempt to purge government officials is blatantly illegal, according to experts ? and all but certain to trigger lawsuits. Trump fired more than a dozen justice department lawyers who worked on two criminal cases against him.
Federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers on Tuesday shredded Trumps moves to purge the United States Department of Justice of lawyers who once worked for former special counsel Jack Smith.
Rodgers said that Trumps efforts to fire or sideline multiple career DOJ officials sends a terrible message to the rest of the department.
The president is not supposed to direct the activities of the Department of Justice, Rodgers said. The notion that he has policies and priorities that he wants the Justice Department to act on is not something that historically has been a thing at the Justice Department, right?
Criminal cases are supposed to be brought based on evidence. They're supposed to be based on the law.
They are not supposed to be based on the whims and the retribution desires of the president.
This week, the president moved to clean house at the National Labour Relations Board, the agency responsible for investigating and adjudicating claims of violations of labour union law in the workplace.
In addition to firing general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, a progressive labour watchdog who has protected workers from noncompete agreements and anti-union captive meetings Trump has also dismissed NLRB board member Gwynne Wilcox, one of two Democratic members at the agency.
'''I will be pursuing all legal avenues to challenge my removal, which violates long-standing Supreme Court precedent'''
The problem is that NLRB members cannot be dismissed at will. Federal law protects them through the duration of their term, except in cases of malfeasance, which the Trump administration has not provided any evidence of.
However, this comes as some of Trumps business allies, particularly tech billionaire Elon Musk, have expressed interest in challenging the constitutionality of the protections for the NLRB.
This is 100% illegal, wrote legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern . Its a new escalation in Trumps battle for absolute control over the administrative state. Federal law explicitly protects Wilcox against termination.
That law is constitutional under binding Supreme Court precedent.
The Purge Of The DEMON Continues...
An UGLY streak in American politics
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