The Trump Justice Department employs a dangerous tactic of demanding loyalty from U.S. attorneys, illustrated by their handling of the Southern District of New York. They forced the dismissal of a case against Mayor Eric Adams, suggesting it was politically motivated, thereby attempting to manipulate legal outcomes as leverage over elected officials. Resignations followed as many refused to engage in such unethical practices. This tactic undermines the justice system and threatens the principles of democracy & liberty by utilizing prosecutorial power for political ends.
If you want to cow a large population, pick one of its most respected citizens and demand he debase himself and pledge fealty.
The Trump Justice Department's twisted loyalty game is something new, dangerous and self-defeating.
No system of ordered liberty can allow the government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again.
The prosecution against Mayor Eric Adams was dismissed under pressure that should never occur in a just legal system.
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