The move demonstrates President Trump’s determination to deploy the powers of federal law enforcement to pursue a campaign of retribution against those who once sought to hold him accountable.
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to use a so-called strike force is the latest in a succession of the Justice Department’s efforts to repurpose existing entities to suit the president’s political dictates.
After focusing his second-term ire on other individuals and institutions, President Trump is again seeking prosecution of his most prominent rivals — this time with aides more inclined to carry out his wishes.
President Trump on Tuesday resurfaced his grievances against former President Barack Obama and others he associated with what he considers a long campaign of persecution.
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has contended that the intelligence work in 2016 was not only flawed but also amounted to a conspiracy against President Trump.
An extended digression by President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday was a stark example of his campaign of retribution against an ever-growing list of enemies.
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