The destruction of the Justice Department is one of the biggest stories of the second Trump administration. But coming as it does amid chaos on the world stage, violence on the streets of America’s cities and a news cycle moving at warp-speed, the department’s demise feels as though it’s happening in slow motion. But if, as the old saying goes, “personnel is policy,” then the policies of this DOJ are about as extreme and corrupt as it gets.
The ascension of Todd Blanche, who led a purge of the department, to the post of acting attorney general following the firing of his former boss Pam Bondi made it clear that the in-house assault on the rule of law isn’t going away. Blanche may or may not be an ideologue; his history is vague in that regard. But he is fiercely loyal to Donald Trump, and that fidelity will guide his every decision.
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