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When you elect a convicted criminal president bent on revenge
The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline
Trump at a press conference with the U.S. Attorney General and the Director of the FBI: "Deranged Jack Smith, in my opinion, is a criminal. His interviewer was Weissmann. I hope they're going to look into Weissmann too. Weissmann's a bad guy. And he had somebody, Lisa, who was his puppet, worked in the office really as the top person — and I think she should be looked at very strongly. There was tremendous criminal activity...They have committed massive political crime. I hope they're looking at Shifty Schiff. I hope they're looking at all these people. And I'm allowed to find out — I'm, in theory, the chief law enforcement officer."
4:28 PM · Oct 15, 2025
Trump at a press conference with the U.S. Attorney General and the Director of the FBI: "Deranged Jack Smith, in my opinion, is a criminal. His interviewer was Weissmann. I hope they're going to look into Weissmann too. Weissmann's a bad guy. And he had somebody, Lisa, who was his puppet, worked in the office really as the top person — and I think she should be looked at very strongly. There was tremendous criminal activity...They have committed massive political crime. I hope they're looking at Shifty Schiff. I hope they're looking at all these people. And I'm allowed to find out — I'm, in theory, the chief law enforcement officer."
4:28 PM · Oct 15, 2025
Trump Makes Clear No One Can Rule Against Him as He Threatens Enemies
These so-called “criminals” Trump is referring to—Jack Smith, Lisa Monaco, Andrew Weissman, and Adam Schiff—are all people who rightfully and legally investigated a variety of alleged crimes, including Trump’s mishandling of classified documents, Trump’s role in instigating January 6 insurrection, and Russian interference in the 2016 election.
And for what it’s worth, Trump is very much not the chief law enforcement officer of the United States—the attorney general is (although Bondi has proven willing to agree with the president). Not only is Trump continuing to attack people on baseless accusations of crime, he is misrepresenting the power he has to do so.
https://newrepublic.com/post/201828/trump-chief-law-enforcement-officer-threatens-enemies
..not the first time Trump has attacked Andrew Weismann
March 25, 2025
A few weeks after targeting another firm which had re-hired a lawyer who had worked in the Manhattan district attorney’s office during its investigation into Trump, the president singled out Jenner & Block. A primary reason: it once employed Andrew Weissmann, a current MSNBC legal analyst and former deputy to Robert Mueller, the special counsel who led an investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.
Weissmann is a “bad guy,” Trump griped at the White House Tuesday. The executive order he signed stated that Jenner & Block’s hiring of Weissmann was “entirely unjustified.” The firm “has abandoned the profession’s highest ideals,” it added.
Many big firms “take actions that threaten public safety and national security, limit constitutional freedoms, degrade the quality of American elections, or undermine bedrock American principles,” the order stated.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-seeks-revenge-msnbc-legal-025320596.html
A few weeks after targeting another firm which had re-hired a lawyer who had worked in the Manhattan district attorney’s office during its investigation into Trump, the president singled out Jenner & Block. A primary reason: it once employed Andrew Weissmann, a current MSNBC legal analyst and former deputy to Robert Mueller, the special counsel who led an investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.
Weissmann is a “bad guy,” Trump griped at the White House Tuesday. The executive order he signed stated that Jenner & Block’s hiring of Weissmann was “entirely unjustified.” The firm “has abandoned the profession’s highest ideals,” it added.
Many big firms “take actions that threaten public safety and national security, limit constitutional freedoms, degrade the quality of American elections, or undermine bedrock American principles,” the order stated.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-seeks-revenge-msnbc-legal-025320596.html
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