r/politics • u/SCOTUSjunkie • 2h ago
Possible Paywall DOJ asked to investigate Elissa Slotkin over Trump administration staff remarks
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4774858/doj-urged-investigate-slotkin-trump-administration-staff-remarks/•
u/cpod_the_elder 1h ago
Oh, fuck no. Who would have thought there would be no political axe grinding or that the DOJ wouldn't be Trump's personal law firm? Fucking dictator.
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u/Ok_Height3499 1h ago
Fascism is emerging from under the rocks everywhere.
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u/brain_overclocked 1h ago
They're no longer hiding it. The pretense was barely handing on its last thread for a while.
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u/Tokie-Dokie 1h ago
“[A] sitting United States Senator should understand the gravity of advocating legal and professional consequences for political opponents,” Davis wrote, urging the Civil Rights Division to review Slotkin’s statements and “open an investigation if warranted.”
The fucking hypocrisy.
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u/brain_overclocked 1h ago
Today, the FCC chair threatened the First Amendment rights of news organizations because they don't like what the polls are saying. The Trump administration also threatened the First Amendment rights of Politico for daring to publish articles exposing the chaos of the Trump administration.
And now this? The Trump regime is clearly going full dictator-mode after playing footsies with the notion for the last two years because of their anticipated midterm losses.
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u/Galenvant 1h ago
These morons wouldn't know irony if it took them to the prom. Sorry if the concept of justice feels like a threat to all your political operatives who are committing crimes. Maybe threatening the person advocating justice will be the solution!
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u/lisnter 1h ago
Another blatantly illegal move by the most corrupt administration in US history and not far behind Putin.
It will be thrown out but not until after the damage is done and the chilling effect is reinforced.
But there’s no way Trump could formulate this idea. He’s much to dumb. Putin and Miller are leading him around by his tiny penis.
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u/Wakeup_And_Piss 58m ago
This should terrify every American who claims to believe in free speech. If you're screaming about freedom of speech and turn around and sick the DOJ on anyone that hurts your feelings, you don't really care about free speech
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u/Predator_ Florida 1h ago
Find a legitimate source of news instead of giving clickthru ad revenue to the Washington Examiner. Just because the post 2 factual articles per day, doesn't make them a legitimate source of journalism.
Stop supporting propaganda blogs that prop up fascists.
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u/Divination_Daisy 1h ago
Trump is backed into a corner more than ever before. He 100% sees the early voting results and polling and knows he’s about to lose both chambers of Congress… expect more of this, in the end though it doesn’t matter.
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u/Belichick12 1h ago
In the lead-up to the 2024 election, Davis said, "We're going to put kids in cages. It's going to be glorious," and he threatened a "reign of terror" and to throw journalists into the "gulag,"
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u/Patient-Monk7251 9m ago
The DOJ should have literally NO employees left at this point. Anyone still hanging around is the worst of the worst.
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u/Arkvoodle42 1h ago
voted for most of his Cabinet and that still wasn't enough to get them off her back.
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