2023-11-05 19:15:07
As the Washington Post reported on Sunday, the ex-president and his allies have begun drawing up concrete plans on how to sanction critics of the future Trump administration. The Republican named people who should be investigated.
His staff is also already drawing up plans that would allow Trump to activate the Insurrection Act on the first day of his second term in office. The Insurrection Act allows the US President to use the US military domestically under certain circumstances.
Plan runs under “Project 2025”
In recent months, Trump has privately confided to advisers and friends that he wants the Justice Department to investigate former officials and allies who are critical of his first term in office. Among those named would be former Chief of Staff John Kelly and former Attorney General William Barr. Trump has also spoken of prosecuting FBI and Justice Department officials.
Archyde.com/Leah Millis The chances are good that Joe Biden will once once more fight once morest Trump for entry into the White House
The Washington Post cites people who spoke to Trump regarding it and wished to remain anonymous. Many of these plans for Trump’s second term were unofficially outsourced to think tanks in Washington. For example, under the name “Project 2025,” they would draft implementing regulations for the use of the Insurrection Act.
In the final year of Trump’s presidency, some of his allies pushed to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell unrest following the killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020. Trump publicly expressed regret that he was not able to deploy more federal forces. Accordingly, he later said that he would do so in the future.
Barr: “I’m shaking”
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung did not comment on the alleged plans to The Washington Post. “President Trump is focused on destroying his opponents in the primaries and then beating the corrupt Joe Biden,” Cheung is quoted as saying. “President Trump has always stood for law and order and protecting the Constitution.”
When asked regarding the rumored plans, Trump’s former chief of staff Kelly said he assumed that the ex-president would have him investigated. “There is no question in my mind that he will take action once morest people who have opposed him,” Kelly is quoted as saying. Former Minister Barr, however, said succinctly: “I’m shaking in my boots.”
Monday in court
Trump will appear publicly in court once more on Monday. He is supposed to testify personally in the fraud trial in New York. During the extensive questioning by the public prosecutor, Trump will be under oath. Trump’s first major statement in one of the numerous trials once morest him is eagerly awaited. It’s regarding the future of the 77-year-old’s corporate empire.
The public prosecutor in New York accuses Trump, his sons and employees of manipulating the value of the Trump Organization for years in order to get cheaper loans and insurance contracts. Judge Arthur Engoron had already confirmed this before the trial – the proceedings are now primarily regarding determining the exact possible penalties.
Attorney General Letitia James wants to ensure that Trump has to pay 250 million US dollars (around 239 million euros) and is no longer allowed to do business in New York. Trump is the most promising candidate for the Republican candidacy for the 2024 presidential election. According to many observers, he is using the process as election and repeatedly claims that the trial is part of a political campaign once morest him.
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