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During his presidential candidacy in 2024, Donald Trump said that he wanted to use the military against US citizens who did not agree. He demonized these Americans as “Enemy inside”. In the course of his campaign he repeated his baseless claims. From the description of “evil” democrats as more dangerous than China or Russia to the Target of his democratic rivals and the press.
Since taking office, the President has been making his plan to take revenge on his opponents. Early this month revoking A Trump administration The security releases for top officials from the government of the former president Joe Biden. These include former Foreign Minister Antony, former national security advisor Jake Sullivan and the former deputy US Justice Minister Lisa Monaco. She led the law enforcement of the rioters who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
On Friday evening, Trump escalated his revenge tour in a memo in which he announced that he had withdrawn the security approval and access to wastelands from a long list of opponents. The former vice president included the people mentioned Kamala Harristhe former Foreign Minister Hillary ClintonJoseph R. Biden Jr. and “All other members of the family of Joseph R. Biden Jr.”.
Personal protection withdrawn
“I have found that it is no longer in the national interest that the following people have access to closure matters,” wrote Trump in his memo. “I also indicate all heads of the executive departments and authorities to withdraw these people the unaccompanied access to secure institutions of the United States government. This measure includes, among other things, the preservation of closure matters.”
The other persons mentioned in the announcement of Friday were the former Foreign Minister Antony Flaschen, former national security advisor Jake Sullivan and former MP Elizabeth Cheney. The New York Attorney General Letitia James and the district prosecutor of Manhattan, Alvin L. Bragg, who fought Trump in court as the top prison officer, was also withdrawn.
On Monday, Trump said that the personal protection of the Secret Service for bidens adult children “With immediate effect“Although the former president had extended protection until July before he put his office down.
Gang members?
This week, the Americans have witnessed how Trump and his allies continue to be relentlessly aimed at central government agencies and supposed enemies. On Thursday Threatened Trump‘s Interims social insurance chief with that, the safety network program to set. All of this when Elon Musk and his so -called Department of Government Efficiency (Dog) No access to the non -anonymized sensitive personal information and data from hundreds of millions of Americans.
Meanwhile the Press spokeswoman for the White House, Karoline Leavitton Wednesday the Judge at the US district court, James Boasbergand his wife. Because Boasberg had instructed the Trump administration, not deporting Venezuelan migrants, which the White House described as gang members.
On Friday, the Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss) agreed on Friday, $ 40 million for the free representation of the Trump administration to provide. In order not to be punished by the President to represent his political opponents. And defends laws and principles that he himself denounced. Many lawyers viewed the law firm’s decision as a betrayal at the attorney. And on the efforts, Trump for his March number of alleged crimes to be accountable.