"I have no faith in Donald Trump's judicial system, Schumer said. He has turned this judicial system to be his own political fighter, do what he wants politically, so that he tells them to go after people he doesn't like. He tells them to exonerate people that he likes. So many people are getting pardoned, and this and that. He has turned this Justice Department into his own political watchdog. It's horrible. No president has done this. This is what autocrats do."
"When he says he doesn't like Comey, looked what happened there, Kristen, Schumer said. The prosecutor who he appointed said, 'There's not enough evidence to indict Comey.' So he fired this prosecutor and put in someone who'd do whatever he wanted. Trump's done so many bad things to undermine our democracy, to undermine our norms. This is one of the very worst."
The U.S. judicial system under President Donald Trump is described as politicized and weaponized to target opponents and protect allies. The Comey indictment is cited as an example where a prosecutor who reported insufficient evidence was replaced by a presidential appointee reportedly against career recommendations. Frequent pardons and selective prosecutions are portrayed as eroding the Justice Department's independence. These actions are characterized as undermining democratic norms and concentrating political control over legal processes, producing a loss of public trust in the rule of law and prompting comparisons to autocratic behavior.
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