Despite the fact that Donald Trump has only been in office for a little over a week, his presidency has already proven to be characterized by revenge and the settlement of scores on a massive and aggressive scale.
In what can be best described as “draining the swamp,” the Department of Justice was one of the first entities to take the hit. This is a process that aims to uncover the officials who are a little less loyal to Donald Trump than the rest of his followers, and more importantly, as his supporters argue, to clean house of all corrupt officials who have been holding the country back.
Naturally, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has a large number of such “cases” because it is staffed with officials who have been working against Trump for the previous eight years.
However, the Eye of Sauron, which is the entity that is aware of and able to see everything, has already gathered a large number of individuals who are going to be victims of the forthcoming cleanup by the new president.
It is possible for his representatives to say whatever they want, and this may be done under the guise of a genuine concern for his presidency; but, the truth appears to be as old as time itself: Donald Trump is merely removing the individuals who did not support him when it counted the most (that is, on January 6).
The Democrats contend that in the instance of the most recent sequence of firings at the Department of Justice, the prosecutors merely did their duties by being assigned to certain cases. They also assert that there is no political intent behind the allegations, and that the charges are not artificially fabricated. Unsurprisingly, Trump and the people who support him in the Republican Party are in disagreement.
Approximately a dozen officials are said to have lost their jobs overnight for no particular cause other than the prosecution of Donald Trump following his alleged attempt to reverse the results of the presidential election in 2020. The former administration of Vice President Joe Biden “improperly hired” these people, according to an email that was issued to staff of the Department of Justice by the interim United States Attorney Ed Martin.
NEWS: Around 25-30 prosecutors who handled Jan. 6 cases were abruptly fired Friday afternoon.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 31, 2025
Acting US Attorney Ed Martin sent the email just before 5pm.
Details w/ @joshgerstein https://t.co/5PMlW569PW pic.twitter.com/Tvssqw9ezr
According to the claim put forth by the Trump administration, the Biden administration improperly switched their posts to a “permanent” basis in order to shield them from any form of future terminations. This was done in order to safeguard them from employment opportunities.
The fact that they volunteered to fight “against Trump” does not mean that they did it with their own personal interests in mind. These individuals, just like any other individuals who hold a particular job, were given a few cases to investigate, and they were only allowed to take those cases and investigate them.
Sadly for those officials, the cases involved Donald Trump, who does not appear to be the type of person who is willing to forgive, and we can anticipate that there will be more instances of this in the not too distant future.
The fact that one is involved in the legal cases that are being brought against the current president of the United States is apparently a sufficient basis to be fired without any prior notice.
It should come as no surprise that the entire event took place without any public announcement, and the media coverage has been, at best, lukewarm.
Democrat and liberal leaders have been saying that Trump has begun his administration by literally breaching the law and ignoring a myriad of laws that would have been considered scandalous if it had been someone else. This is something that very few people are willing to say out loud, at least not anyone who holds some actual influence.
The fact that we are discussing Donald Trump, however, means that no one is so naive as to openly criticize him (well, maybe with the exception of Pope Francis, who actually referred to Trump as a “disgrace” for his deportation program, but he is, you know, in Italy and not in the United States). It seems as though a significant number of Democrats are still reeling over the defeat they suffered in the most recent election.
Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, was one of the few individuals who publicly discussed the fact that Trump is attempting to alter Washington in the most evident and frightening way.
According to what he said to the Huffington Post, “I believe that Trump has issued a great number of executive orders that are obviously illegal.” The purpose of some of it is to test the limits of the law, while other parts of it are political. He has a strong desire to extend the reach of executive power to an extent that has never been seen before.
Because this is merely the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency, it is clear that we are in for a ride that is both bumpy and turbulent.
As Donald Trump sweeps in to settle scores and clean house, it appears that no official is now safe enough, suddenly becoming unprotected by the law. This comes as a result of the presidential election.
As was the case with the authorities who worked on the cases against Trump, the inspectors general were judged by Trump and regarded to be a threat to his authority. Despite the fact that they were meant to be impartial and detached from any particular political party, Trump nevertheless judged them. It should come as no surprise that the administration of President Trump contends that these Inspector Generals were not independent in the moment.
Breaking: President Trump has terminated all January 6 prosecutors in Washington, D.C., from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. pic.twitter.com/haNYTu5J5R
— Grace Chong, MBI (@gc22gc) January 31, 2025
For all intents and purposes, it would appear that if you do not support the current president, you run the risk of being fired right there and then!
If even the federal laws are unable to protect the officials who are working in government agencies in the United States, then these are certainly the worst possible times to hold an official position in those agencies.
In light of the fact that these individuals are widely perceived to be biased against Trump and that it is customary for there to be a “cleaning of the house” following a change in government, this will be regarded as a positive development by Republicans. As a matter of fact, it is understandable that you would not want your staff to be in disagreement with your beliefs, right?
Now comes the question that everyone is internally pondering in private: who will come after them? Which government agency or department will be affected by the ‘draining the swamp’ approach that Trump has implemented? Now all we can do is wait and see. Those who embrace Trump, on the other hand, have a brighter future than ever before.
