The article explores the unexpected tensions emerging within Donald Trump's Justice Department as it confronts career prosecutors to maintain control and enforce loyalty. Rather than addressing significant legal dilemmas, the DOJ's conflict appears aimed at protecting Eric Adams, a Democratic mayor, showcasing Trump's transactional approach to governance. This early demonstration of power seems intended to cull disloyal prosecutors before more critical conflicts arise, though it raises concerns about ongoing legal integrity and the potential for mass resignations.
It was easy to predict that a diktat from Donald Trump's Justice Department would, at some point in his second term, prompt resignations from career prosecutors with conservative legal bona fides.
The Trump Department of Justice is picking a fight with its own lawyers, not for some longstanding desire of the president's heart nor over some important point of constitutional interpretation.
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