| Submit your comments on this article |
| Government Corruption |
| Multiple DOJ, FBI Officials Weigh Lawyering Up in Fear of Being ‘Criminally Investigated' |
| 2024-11-20 |
| [Breitbart] Multiple former and current DOJ and FBI officials are considering hiring lawyers "in anticipation of being criminally investigated" by the incoming Trump administration, three people with knowledge of their deliberations told NBC News. The preemptive initiative underscores a serious belief that President-elect Donald Trump will make good on his promise to purge the federal government of rogue and corrupt actors within the administrative state. Last week, Trump transition adviser Mark Paoletta warned DOJ career attorneys that subverting, undermining, or sabotaging Trump’s incoming agenda will be cause for termination. Paoletta cited examples of potential policies the DOJ might have to implement, such as deporting illegal aliens, securing the southern border, banning race-based affirmative action, investigating antisemitism, halting big tech censorship, and granting pardons and commutations to January 6 defendants. "Everything we did was aboveboard," a former senior FBI official alleged on NBC News. "But this is a different world." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-11-20 15:02 |
#9 Not even subtle statement seen yesterday apparently! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-11-20 14:04 |
| #8 Above board stuff gets immediately disclosed to a FOIA request without redactions. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-11-20 12:40 |
| #7 Interesting that the document destruction is being outsourced. I would have thought that shredding paper was one of the DoJ's core competencies. Of course, working through a cut-out does give you plausible deniability at the hearings later. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2024-11-20 10:34 |
| #6 If all was aboveboard, then shredders and burn bags prevent that from being demonstrated. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-11-20 10:15 |
| #5 "Everything we did was aboveboard," a former senior FBI official alleged And only when your mouth doesn't move do you not lie |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2024-11-20 09:45 |
| #4 Critical shortage of burn bags now projected. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-11-20 08:29 |
| #3 That which goes around, comes around. I suspect a rise of white lung disease due to massive document destruction between now and inauguration. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-11-20 08:05 |
| #2 Recommending Brig. Gen. Schwalier For The Air Force 'Plucking Board' |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-11-20 06:30 |
#1  "lawyering up", resigning, and retiring. They have no desire to face a legitimate congressional investigation and truthfully testify. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-11-20 06:04 |