SPECIAL REPORT: How the US Justice Department’s Watchdogs Were Defanged by Trump

SPECIAL REPORT: How the US justice department’s watchdogs were defanged by Trump

Washington — Created after the Watergate scandal, the US justice department’s public integrity section (PIN) has fought political corruption for nearly half a century. Five months into President Donald Trump’s second term, it has been stripped of power. The unit has lost its authority to file new cases. Its staff has been reduced from more than 30 attorneys to five. And its once-powerful gatekeeping role — reviewing potential cases against membe…

Trump neutered Justice Department watchdogs for political prosecutions

Key team put in place as Watergate-era safeguard against political weaponization disappears despite Trump pledge to fight DOJ abuse

Trump neutered Justice Department watchdogs that were there to prevent politically motivated prosecutions – UK Times

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Donald Trump’s DOGE-ification of the federal government added a key team at the Department of Justice to its list of victims in a pair of moves that greased the wheels for his adminsitration to use the agency to go after Democratic members of Congress. The Justice Depart…

Weaponising the Department of Justice: echoes of the Star Chamber

Instead of acting as a guardian of the law, the Justice Department will use judicial power to pursue political vendettas and silence dissent.