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Donald Trump<\/strong> is currently facing many a legal problem. For starters, there are the 34 class E felonies he was charged<\/a> with last month in relation to a hush money payment made in the run-up to the 2016 election. Then there\u2019s the Justice Department\u2019s investigation<\/a> into his handling of classified documents, which is expected to result in a second indictment<\/a>. Rounding things out is a DOJ probe<\/a> of the violent January 6 insurrection and the plot to overturn the 2020 election, as well as a Fulton County investigation<\/a> into Trump\u2019s efforts to overturn the election in Georgia, both of which also have the potential to lead to criminal charges. Trump has, of course, insisted he did nothing wrong. But apparently he also has a plan for how to make himself feel better about all of this: fire everyone who investigated him should he win a second term.<\/p>\n Rolling Stone<\/em> reports<\/a> that, in recent months, the extremely well-adjusted and not-at-all authoritarian ex-president has asked close advisers if \u201cwe know\u201d the names of the Justice Department staffers and senior FBI agents who have worked on the federal probes involving him. And, spoiler alert, it\u2019s not because he wants to connect with them on LinkedIn or send each one their own Edible Arrangement. Rather, it\u2019s because he plans, as he\u2019s told advisers, to have the DOJ \u201cquickly\u201d and \u201cimmediately\u201d get rid of the officials and agents who worked on his federal probes, according to the outlet. (Trump would obviously only have the power to have federal employees dismissed, though there\u2019s definitely a nonzero chance he\u2019s at least wondered aloud if he could do the same to state officials.) Rolling Stone<\/em> also notes that Trump has taken to saying he\u2019d fire FBI director Christopher Wray<\/strong> on the first day of a potential second term, despite heartily praising the guy when he hired him<\/a>. (Last week Ron DeSantis<\/strong> also said<\/a> he would get rid of Wray, so on that point the 2024 rivals apparently agree.)<\/p>\n Two sources familiar with the matter told Rolling Stone<\/em> that Trump\u2019s allies have told him they\u2019re working to determine the names of the people he wants to \u201cpurge\u201d for the crime of investigating him, which is worrisome on a number of levels. For example:<\/p>\n The identities of law enforcement personnel involved in the Mar-a-Lago investigation have been a flashpoint between Trump and the Justice Department since the FBI executed a search warrant on his residence in August 2022. Prosecutors unsealed a copy of the search warrant with the names of agents redacted, but the former president posted a copy of the document with the names of two FBI agents involved in the search.\u00a0The search kicked off an \u201cunprecedented\u201d number of threats against FBI agents and an attack by an\u00a0armed Trump supporter\u00a0on the FBI\u2019s Cincinnati field office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n Speaking of the former guy\u2019s desire to rid the government of anyone who isn\u2019t sufficiently loyal to him, Axios reported<\/a> last summer that the \u201cheart\u201d of Trump\u2019s plan for a second term involves giving himself the power to fire thousands of career employees who actually know what they\u2019re doing and replace them with people whose specific expertise is in bowing down to him.<\/p>\n If you would like to receive the Levin Report in your inbox daily, click<\/em> here<\/em><\/a> to subscribe.<\/em><\/p>\n TFW your dual goals of trashing the debt deal and claiming the president is mentally incompetent don\u2019t align so well<\/strong><\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Seems like we can probably interpret that as a \u201cno\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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