"The President is fulfilling his promise to restore a Department of Justice that demands accountability. And it is not weaponizing the Department of Justice to demand accountability for those who weaponized the Department of Justice. And nobody knows what that looks like more than President Trump. We are not going to tolerate gaslighting from anyone in the media or from anyone on the other side, who is trying to say that it's the President who is weaponizing the DOJ."
"Joe Biden used this sacred American institution to go after his political opponent in the middle of an election year. And you look at people like Adam Schiff and like James Comey and like Leticia James who the President is rightfully frustrated. He wants accountability for these corrupt fraudsters who abused their power who abused their oath of office, to target the former President and then candidate for the highest office in the land."
Leavitt framed the President's actions as restoration of a Department of Justice that demands accountability and denied that the DOJ is being weaponized in current prosecutions. She accused Joe Biden and his Attorney General of weaponizing the DOJ to go after a political opponent during an election year. She singled out Adam Schiff, James Comey, and Leticia James as examples of officials who allegedly abused power and oath. The President is described as seeking accountability backed by millions who reelected him. Trump's recently dismissed lawsuit against the New York Times reportedly contains an admission that undercuts his grievance claims, even as he says he will refile.
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