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It’s also likely that the project 2025 people will have almost every federal employee declared a political appointee which would give any sitting president the
by throwaway173738 2y ago
It’s also likely that the project 2025 people will have almost every federal employee declared a political appointee which would give any sitting president the power to fire any prosecutor prosecuting him. This was one of the OMB changes Trump made at the end of his last presidency.
- lenerdenator 2y agoThere are some already drawing up list of those employees for targeting during a potential second Trump term, using a grant from the Heritage Foundation, IIRC.
- jkestner 2y agoIt may be a saving grace that little will get done when all the people with institutional knowledge are fired.
- throwaway173738 2y agoThat’s the goal though. Eliminate everyone competent and then leave the gutted institutions for the next series of Presidents to deal with. Or in the case of the National Weather Service gut it, replace everyone with climate change deniers, then outsource all the weather and meteorology to someone like The Weather Channel.
- kelnos 2y agoI don't think this really matters in this specific case; the DoJ itself has a policy of not prosecuting sitting presidents.
- lenerdenator 2y agoAnd that's a problem. Are we a nation of laws, or are we not? Justice delayed until someone's out of office is justice denied until someone's out of office.