Trump says he has instructed DOJ to terminate all remaining Biden-era US attorneys

[James48]

Source: Jerusalem Post. / Reuters

By REUTERS FEBRUARY 19, 2025 03:15

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has instructed the Justice Department to terminate all remaining Biden-era US attorneys, asserting that the department had been "politicized like never before."
"We must 'clean house' IMMEDIATELY, and restore confidence. America’s Golden Age must have a fair Justice System - THAT BEGINS TODAY," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Read more: https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-842749

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Come on US Supreme Court- don’t let them



More from Reuters:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-has-instructed-doj-terminate-all-remaining-biden-era-us-attorneys-2025-02-18/

[DENVERPOPS]

1. They will do it

and when it FINALLY ends up in the USSC, it won't even matter and will be just another moot point....

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. Next Democratic Senator or Congressman that mutters the word "bipartisan" should automatically

lose their position. That peace and love bullshit isn’t going to get our Democracy back.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. ALWAYS projection, projection, projection.

[William Seger]

5. Or gaslighting -- and it's hard to tell the difference with a malignant narcissist

[JoseBalow]

4. Not sure how you get much more fascist than that

[William Seger]

6. Well, you could then direct them who to prosecute and who not to

Oh, wait — they're already doing that.

[slightlv]

7. This is what every Democratic president

should do every time we've elected them. Get the old holdovers from partisan departments OUT and put people you can trust (as far as you can guess, anyway) into their places. Maybe if we start doing the same shit, they'll get tired of playing games and remember what bipartisanship and nonpartisan means. Oh, I jest... /snark

[cadoman]

9. historically that's what's been done, see below (nt)

[cadoman]

8. just so everyone is aware -- this is a relatively normal thing

They sometimes mix it up and dig in or politicize or actually do it somewhat orderly, but the bottom line is the attorneys are treated as political appointments. So no, there's no need to bring in the Supreme Court.

Biden firing Trump's:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-s-justice-department-ask-nearly-all-trump-era-u-n1257100

Trump firing Obama's:
https://www.courthousenews.com/us-attorneys-appointed-obama-told-resign/

Obama firing Bush's (Bush's did dig in and resist--sounds like they were desperate for work):
https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2009/05/obama-to-replace-us-attorneys-018390

Bush firing Clintons:
--cannot find because search engine is getting confused by so many Bushes and Clintons

Clintons firing Bush's:
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1993/03/24/93-us-attorneys-told-to-resign-reno-clinton-move-to-reshape-federal-prosecution-system/

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

11. I thought I recognized the action. It's just that Trump - of course - does it in the worst way possible.

[King_Klonopin]

10. Did he actually use the phrase "Golden Age"?

Freud was right. The subconscious does exist. Trump fantasizes about another Gilded Age in America.

And it is clear to anyone with a brain and a conscience that Trump is literally stating that he, Kash Patel, Elon, and all the troglodytes from 2025 plan to weaponize every federal agency in order to achieve "fairness" and "confidence" -- IRS, DOJ, SCOTUS...

It is a political PURGE, similar to that of Stalin but without the killing (so far).

[Mike 03]

12. Yes, and Don Jr. uses it too. I don't know who used it first.

Maybe it's a Stephen Miller line...

But I totally agree this is just an in-your-face way of announcing the return of America to a barbaric period where we are on our own and the grotesquely wealthy will survive.

[thesquanderer]

13. "Golden age" is a common phrase distinct in meaning from "gilded age." (n/t)

[republianmushroom]

14. Now, I do believe, one could call this "POLITICAL", by an AG.