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Nonilex<p>It remains unclear how far the investigation into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MurielBowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MurielBowser</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> who has served as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a>’s mayor since 2015, has advanced since it was opened. But people familiar with the inquiry said it was based on potential violations of bribery or campaign finance laws. A spox for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a>’s office declined to comment.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> Is Said to Be Investigating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> Mayor Over Foreign Trip</p><p>The investigation into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MurielBowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MurielBowser</span></a>, which is being handled by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a>’s office in Washington [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a>], could face significant hurdles because of the known facts of the case &amp; recent turmoil inside the DOJ.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/trump-muriel-bowser-qatar-investigation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-muriel-bowser-qatar-investigation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>That material includes full transcripts of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> handpicked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAttorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LindseyHalligan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindseyHalligan</span></a>’s September presentation to the grand jury that returned the indictment charging Comey on counts of making false statements to Congress.</p><p>“This is not a typical case,” Fitzpatrick said near the end of the roughly one-hour hearing in federal court in Alexandria. “Right now, we’re in a bit of a feeling of indict first &amp; investigate second.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A federal judge Wednesday scolded prosecutors pursuing charges against fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> dir James B. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Comey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comey</span></a> for what he described as an “indict first &amp; investigate second” approach to the case that has put an unfair burden on Comey’s defense.<br>
US Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick described the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s approach to Comey’s prosecution as “highly unusual” &amp; ordered its attorneys to hand over a raft of potential evidence by end of day Thursday.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>Judge scolds <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Comey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comey</span></a> prosecutors for ‘indict first &amp; investigate second’ approach<br>
U.S. Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick described the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s approach to James B. Comey’s prosecution as “highly unusual.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/4orYWUJ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/4orYWUJ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>His ouster also came about as he was preparing to send a letter to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, of which Pulte was aware, notifying lawmakers that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FHFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FHFA</span></a> was not cooperating with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InspectorGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InspectorGeneral</span></a>'s office, 3 of the sources said.</p><p>…Pulte has circumvented the agency's Office of Inspector General in pursuing those three cases, Reuters previously reported.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Allen received notice of his termination from the White House after he made efforts to provide key information to prosecutors in that office, acc/to 4 sources. The information he turned over was constitutionally required, 2 of them said, while a third described it as being potentially relevant in discovery.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LindseyHalligan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindseyHalligan</span></a>, the interim <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> for the Eastern District of Virginia who was hand-picked for the job by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, subsequently indicted <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LetitiaJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetitiaJames</span></a> after her predecessor declined to do so, citing a lack of evidence.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Created after the 2008 financial crisis, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FHFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FHFA</span></a> is typically a low-profile regulatory office, but Pulte has launched a new hotline targeting mortgage fraud &amp; made public criminal referrals against a series of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> foes including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LetitiaJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetitiaJames</span></a>, as well as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederaReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederaReserve</span></a> Board Governor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LisaCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LisaCook</span></a> &amp; California Democratic Senator <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AdamSchiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdamSchiff</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The ouster of Joe Allen, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FHFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FHFA</span></a>'s acting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InspectorGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InspectorGeneral</span></a>, follows the agency's director, Bill Pulte, becoming an outspoken voice in support of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin. Across the government, the Trump admin has so far fired or reassigned close to two dozen agency <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watchdogs</span></a>, who police <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a>. It has also defunded the group that supervises those offices.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Exclusive: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> ousts&nbsp;<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watchdog</span></a> of US housing regulator involved in mortgage probes of his foes, sources say</p><p>The internal watchdog for the US Federal Housing Finance Agency [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FHFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FHFA</span></a>] is being removed from his role, four people familiar with the matter said, at a time when the housing regulator is playing a role in Trump's targeting of perceived enemies.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/watchdog-being-ousted-us-housing-regulator-involved-trump-crackdown-sources-say-2025-11-03/?utm_source=braze&amp;utm_medium=notifications&amp;utm_campaign=2025_engagement" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/watchdog-</span><span class="invisible">being-ousted-us-housing-regulator-involved-trump-crackdown-sources-say-2025-11-03/?utm_source=braze&amp;utm_medium=notifications&amp;utm_campaign=2025_engagement</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>James left the courthouse smiling to cheers from supporters, who chanted, “We stand with Tish!” The case, she declared, was about “a justice system which has been used as a tool of revenge … &amp; a weapon against those individuals who simply did their job &amp; who stood up for the rule of law.” </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retribution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LetitiaJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetitiaJames</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The letter came a day after Reuters disclosed that a review of government records showed that the interagency group drew dozens of officials from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ODNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ODNI</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> &amp; other departments.</p><p>The existence of the interagency group indicates the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s push to deploy government power against Trump’s perceived foes is broader &amp; more systematic than previously reported.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The Steady State, a rule-of-law advocacy group, issued its call for congressional inquiries into the Interagency Weaponization Working Group in a letter to the top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> &amp; armed services committees.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://steadystate1.substack.com/p/steady-state-letter-to-congress-reports" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">steadystate1.substack.com/p/st</span><span class="invisible">eady-state-letter-to-congress-reports</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Update:</p><p>Former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> officials urge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to examine 'weaponization' working group</p><p>A group of hundreds of former US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> officials late Tuesday urged lawmakers to examine an internal government group that has been coordinating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> drive against his perceived enemies.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-officials-urge-congress-examine-weaponization-working-group-2025-10-21/?utm_source=braze&amp;utm_medium=notifications&amp;utm_campaign=2025_engagement" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/former-us</span><span class="invisible">-officials-urge-congress-examine-weaponization-working-group-2025-10-21/?utm_source=braze&amp;utm_medium=notifications&amp;utm_campaign=2025_engagement</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> straight up robbing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a> </p><p>Trump Demands <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> Pay Him $230 Million For Federal Investigations Into Him</p><p>Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for Trump &amp; those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/trump-justice-department-compensation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-justice-department-compensation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnBrennan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnBrennan</span></a>, who led the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> during an investigation into Russian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> in 2016, has been historically critical of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>. Just before his tenure as CIA director ended in 2017, he warned that he didn’t think Trump had “a full appreciation of Russian capabilities, Russia’s intentions &amp; actions that they are undertaking in many parts of the world.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnBrennan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnBrennan</span></a> Becomes the Next Target in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Revenge Quest</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> Committee has referred the former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> chief to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> for criminal prosecution on the grounds that he “knowingly made false statements” to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> about Trump’s collusion with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> during a hearing in May 2023.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/202081/john-brennan-trump-revenge-justice-department" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/202081/jo</span><span class="invisible">hn-brennan-trump-revenge-justice-department</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge questions whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> Rep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaMonicaMcIver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaMonicaMcIver</span></a> was illegally targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin</p><p>McIver attorney Paul Fishman argued McIver was prosecuted because she was a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a>, meanwhile Trump gave <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pardons</span></a> to hundreds of people who attacked police at the Capitol on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a>, 2021, &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> dropped numerous additional assault cases at Trump’s direction, despite video evidence of the attacks.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/21/lamonica-mciver-hearing-trump-00617224" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/10/21/l</span><span class="invisible">amonica-mciver-hearing-trump-00617224</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnBolton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnBolton</span></a> pleads not guilty to charges accusing him of sharing classified information</p><p>Bolton pleaded not guilty Friday to charges accusing the former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> national security adviser turned critic of emailing classified information to family members &amp; keeping top secret documents at his Maryland home.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/bolton-justice-department-trump-classified-information-indictment-f3c0bd8036ead827db5178b7a6090b38?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-10-17-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/bolton-just</span><span class="invisible">ice-department-trump-classified-information-indictment-f3c0bd8036ead827db5178b7a6090b38?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-10-17-Breaking+News</span></a></p>