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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Speaking at an event on Friday, two former attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice said the once-independent and nonpartisan agency had been decimated as the rule of law comes increasingly under attack.

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After the Watergate Scandal, the Department of Justice installed safeguards to ensure the DOJ remained a "neutral zone" from the politics of the White House ... Now, DOJ HQ in Washington features a banner of Donald Trump in a symbolic blow to the agency's independence trib.al/OyQmsLW

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-- The New Republic (@newrepublic.com) Feb 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM

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... During a conference with the Georgia First Amendment Foundation, former antitrust division attorney Seth Kirschenbaum said that when he worked for the Justice Department in the early '80s, it was the highest honor of his career. And yet today, he said the country faces a situation where Justice Department lawyers have lied to courts and defied orders.

As a result, a growing number of federal judges have ended a practice called the "presumption of regularity," the tradition of assuming that representations of fact by Justice Department lawyers to federal judges are accurate, Kirschenbaum said.

In a recent filing, the Justice Department's lead attorney acknowledged that the Trump administration has violated federal court orders on more than 50 occasions as it's prosecuted immigration cases in the state of New Jersey.

"The Department of Justice is under extreme pressure, and many veteran prosecutors have been forced out," Kirschenbaum said. He added that divisions that enforce tax fraud and foreign bribery rules had been "decimated" as the Trump administration weaponizes the agency to seek retribution against perceived enemies with threats and intimidation. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-23 12:28 PM | Reply


... the once-independent and nonpartisan agency had been decimated as the rule of law comes increasingly under attack. ...

At this point, it appears that, for the DoJ, the Rule of Law no longer exists.

It has become The Rule of Trump.

We can't delay any longer': Trump urges Bondi to prosecute his rivals (September 2025)
www.politico.com

... In a Truth Social post Saturday, the president specifically called out Sen. Adam Schiff, former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James for prosecution. ...



#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-25 12:28 AM | Reply

Spent a merciful short time glancing at the State of the Union, enough to have a thought that "So this is what naked fascism looks like" when the Republicans stood and cheered his demands to ruin America for all but the very rich. Trump's mug shot seems to be how he sees himself, it is how almost all of his photos, appear to resemble. en.wikipedia.org

#3 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-02-25 06:35 AM | Reply

This is what's called, Planned Obsolescence.... his last DOJ threatened to Resign en masse if he kept telling them to Rig the Election for him.

The few he has left now are all in the Cult, and have no qualms about hiding Epstein Files, Rigging Elections, or doing whatever else Lard Trump demands.

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-25 10:39 AM | Reply

Obliterated!

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-25 12:08 PM | Reply

The Department of Justice (DOJ, Justice Department) is an executive branch agency

-was never "independent"

#6 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-25 12:20 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."

Hannah Arendt

#7 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2026-02-25 01:58 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

archive.is

#8 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-25 02:15 PM | Reply

I have never heard someone who left a company say the company was great!

Of course some attorney is upset, and has bad things to say..... cry harder.


"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
Hannah Arendt

#7 | Posted by SomebodyElse

People who complain about their old company "falling apart" are just disgruntled employees.
~ Oneironaut

#9 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-02-25 02:34 PM | Reply

^He's right you know

#10 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-25 03:16 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

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