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Trump transition figure warns DOJ lawyers: Get on board or get out
A conservative lawyer working on Donald Trumpās transition, Mark Paoletta, offered a stark warning to career Justice Department lawyers Monday that those who refuse to advance Trumpās agenda should resign or face the possibility of being fired.
āOnce the decision is made to move forward, career employees are required to implement the Presidentās plan,ā Paoletta wrote in a post on X responding to a POLITICO story detailing widespread fear among DOJ lawyers about being asked to advance or defend policies they consider unethical or illegal.
āIf these career DOJ employees wonāt implement President Trumpās program in good faith, they should leave,ā Paoletta said. āThose employees who engage in so-called āresistanceā against the duly-elected Presidentās lawful agenda would be subverting American democracy (or upholding it). ā¦ [t]hose that take such actions would be subject to disciplinary measures, including termination.ā
Paoletta recited a laundry list of Trump goals, including mass deportations, ending birthright citizenship, issuing pardons and commutations to Jan. 6 defendants, reversing ālawfare and persecution of political opponents,ā and āholding accountable those who weaponized their government authority to abuse Americans.ā
https://www.politico.com/live-updat...-paoletta-justice-department-lawyers-00188772
Let's begin with this, trump's goal coming in to the start of his admin is to purge the government of those viewed to be disloyal. This has been well advertised.
Now consider the ACLU plans to challenge the legality of trump using the law he plans to use to facilitate mass deportations.
https://www.usmessageboard.com/threads/i-heard-an-interesting-interview-with-the-head-of-the-aclu-yesterday.1134492/#post-35690588
If members of the DoJ agree with the ACLU's position, will they be fired before the matter can be adjudicated? Because it seems to me the admin is already looking for a pretense to fire people opposed to their policies...........policies which may be illegal.
In his first admin a number of high ranking DoJ officials said they world resign if Jeff Clark was made acting AG. No such officials will be part of the new admin if trump has his way.
To be clear, if DoJ employees try to block legal and ethical policy goals firing them is appropriate.
A conservative lawyer working on Donald Trumpās transition, Mark Paoletta, offered a stark warning to career Justice Department lawyers Monday that those who refuse to advance Trumpās agenda should resign or face the possibility of being fired.
āOnce the decision is made to move forward, career employees are required to implement the Presidentās plan,ā Paoletta wrote in a post on X responding to a POLITICO story detailing widespread fear among DOJ lawyers about being asked to advance or defend policies they consider unethical or illegal.
āIf these career DOJ employees wonāt implement President Trumpās program in good faith, they should leave,ā Paoletta said. āThose employees who engage in so-called āresistanceā against the duly-elected Presidentās lawful agenda would be subverting American democracy (or upholding it). ā¦ [t]hose that take such actions would be subject to disciplinary measures, including termination.ā
Paoletta recited a laundry list of Trump goals, including mass deportations, ending birthright citizenship, issuing pardons and commutations to Jan. 6 defendants, reversing ālawfare and persecution of political opponents,ā and āholding accountable those who weaponized their government authority to abuse Americans.ā
https://www.politico.com/live-updat...-paoletta-justice-department-lawyers-00188772
Let's begin with this, trump's goal coming in to the start of his admin is to purge the government of those viewed to be disloyal. This has been well advertised.
Now consider the ACLU plans to challenge the legality of trump using the law he plans to use to facilitate mass deportations.
https://www.usmessageboard.com/threads/i-heard-an-interesting-interview-with-the-head-of-the-aclu-yesterday.1134492/#post-35690588
If members of the DoJ agree with the ACLU's position, will they be fired before the matter can be adjudicated? Because it seems to me the admin is already looking for a pretense to fire people opposed to their policies...........policies which may be illegal.
In his first admin a number of high ranking DoJ officials said they world resign if Jeff Clark was made acting AG. No such officials will be part of the new admin if trump has his way.
To be clear, if DoJ employees try to block legal and ethical policy goals firing them is appropriate.
