Trump's control over the DOJ raises new questions about the Southern District of NY's investigations: “It would be ridiculously naïve not to be concerned”
tried to warn us. Way back in January 2017, at the end of the very first week of the Trump administration, the new president signed an executive order banning refugees and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States. It was a blatantly political act, following months ofcampaign promises, and it immediately provoked lawsuits challenging the order as religious discrimination.
Trump didn’t care. “We are absolutely moving forward,” he declared on Twitter. Which was news to DOJ lawyers, who found themselves fumbling during an emergency conference call with a Maryland district court judge. “I’ve been with the United States Department of Justice for 16 years, through multiple administrations, and I’ve always endeavored to be as candid as possible with the Court,” a clearly flummoxedsaid.
After a few more days of confusion, the DOJ said on Friday it would demur from pursuing the case, at least until the Commerce Department “adopts a new rationale for including the citizenship question.” That new spin should arrive very soon. Over the weekend Trump and Barr replaced the DOJ legal team handling the case.
Yet as much as Trump seems to care about the citizenship question, he cares far more about protecting himself. “For two years Trump has been battering DOJ and completely politicizing its work. Sometimes he got what he wanted out of them and sometimes he didn’t,” saysa Justice Department spokesman under President Obama. “Now he’s got an A.G. who will talk publicly about the Democrats ‘spying’ and spin the Mueller report to help the president.
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