Transforming the US into a dictatorship is just a bargaining tactic, he’s not actually going to do dictator stuff 🙄
riderfan3728 on
Honest question. Not trying to downplay this but isn’t this common? Like when a president of one party takes power from a president of the other party, they replace the DOJ attorneys right? Like I’m pretty sure Biden did that with Trump’s attorney’s also. Now of course the worry is WHO Trump will put in but isn’t this common to replace DOJ attorneys when a new Admin takes over?
Boerkaar on
This is normal? US Attorneys are appointed, political positions. Biden terminated most at the beginning of his term, except those actively investigating Hunter (iirc).
Edit: yeah this seems to be mixing up the “career” attorneys in the USAOs (AUSAs) with the political appointees heading them (USAs)–which, tbf, is a distinction most people don’t realize exists.
LtCdrHipster on
Actually not that big a deal other than him being a dick about it.
“While it is customary for U.S. Attorneys to step down after a change in the presidential administration, usually the incoming administration asks for their resignations and does not issue tersely worded termination letters, current and former Justice Department lawyers say.”
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So today is the big power grab I guess.
Transforming the US into a dictatorship is just a bargaining tactic, he’s not actually going to do dictator stuff 🙄
Honest question. Not trying to downplay this but isn’t this common? Like when a president of one party takes power from a president of the other party, they replace the DOJ attorneys right? Like I’m pretty sure Biden did that with Trump’s attorney’s also. Now of course the worry is WHO Trump will put in but isn’t this common to replace DOJ attorneys when a new Admin takes over?
This is normal? US Attorneys are appointed, political positions. Biden terminated most at the beginning of his term, except those actively investigating Hunter (iirc).
Edit: yeah this seems to be mixing up the “career” attorneys in the USAOs (AUSAs) with the political appointees heading them (USAs)–which, tbf, is a distinction most people don’t realize exists.
Actually not that big a deal other than him being a dick about it.
“While it is customary for U.S. Attorneys to step down after a change in the presidential administration, usually the incoming administration asks for their resignations and does not issue tersely worded termination letters, current and former Justice Department lawyers say.”
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