Joe Biden had done more to weaponize and politicize the Department of Justice than any president in history.
But this process started during Barack Obama’s reign of terror.
That’s why this top Congressional Democrat made a complete fool of himself after making this one threat against Donald Trump.
Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) recently went on Politicon’s Highly Conflicted podcast and made a statement that stunned even some left-wing observers.
Democrats now say they will fight the politicization of the DOJ
Raskin’s comment was that Democrats will oppose any effort by Donald Trump to politicize the Department of Justice.
You could hear the laughter echo throughout the halls of the DOJ.
Of course, the comment was in response to a clear set up question by the podcast’s host, Hugo Lowell.
“What are the oversight tools that House Democrats on the Judiciary Committee have going into this next Congress as they conduct oversight over the Trump DOJ? What are the biggest concerns you have when it comes to how Trump might use the DOJ for his personal ends?”
Raskin wasted no time in responding with a flat out lie about the DOJ and Democrat control over it.
“Well, the Department of Justice traditionally has enjoyed institutional independence from the office of the president. The president has not ordered investigations into specific individuals or terminated investigations into others,” Raskin began, already ignoring the efforts of Biden and Obama to target Ron Paul, Donald Trump, and their supporters.
Raskin continued, “That principle was, of course, tested during Donald Trump’s first presidential administration. He seemed to want to treat the Department of Justice as a mere adjunct of his own presidency, under the unitary executive theory.”
And then Raskin said the words that had all of Washington, D.C. laughing hysterically.
Choosing winners and losers in the justice process is a cornerstone of Democrat presidents
“We are going to try to defend the principle of the independent integrity of the law enforcement function under the Department of Justice. We will resist and oppose any efforts to politicize the department so that it goes after the president’s enemies, in the current parlance, or goes easy on his friends. That is simply not how the rule of law works, and it directly undercuts more than two centuries of understanding about how the United States government operates,” Raskin said.
Of course, he completely left out the part about Obama’s DOJ targeting and prosecuting three top staffers of former Presidential candidate Ron Paul.
And the blatant attempts by Biden’s DOJ to destroy Donald Trump and his supporters.
Instead Raskin made the bizarre claim that the DOJ is not partisan.
“We are going to stand very strong for the idea that the rule of law is not subordinate to partisanship. The president of the United States, under Article II of the Constitution, has the job to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. That is the opposite of the president choosing winners and losers in the justice process. The president’s job is to ensure the laws are faithfully executed. That, of course, is the defining mission of the Department of Justice.”
Well, it was the mission of the DOJ until Barack Obama and then Joe Biden turned the DOJ into the state police force for the Democrats and their allies.
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