Mapping out an agenda for restoring religion within the justice system whereas additionally holding those that have weaponized the legislation towards Donald Trump and his supporters over the past 4 years accountable.
By Paul Ingrassia and T.J. Harker
Lawyer Generals are often thought-about among the many strongest cupboard secretaries in any presidential administration.
For President Trump, his Lawyer Normal is of outsized significance given the historic job at hand: cleansing up the systemic rot that has permeated the Justice Division over the past 4 years.
As soon as the mannequin for a way justice ought to be administered the world over, over the Biden years Individuals witnessed the DOJ’s tragic descent into banana-republicanism, outlined by its legislation enforcement arms being weaponized by bad-faith actors towards Donald Trump, his highest profile allies, and conservative political dissidents.
Our Founding Fathers are turning over of their graves by the corruption of justice within the Land of the Free, which has noticed kangaroo courts, vindictive prosecutors, and communist judges take the rule of legislation into their very own fingers, and silence, censure, and indict these with whom they disagree, or for merely exercising their God-given rights, with close to impunity.
America was based as “a authorities of legal guidelines, not of males.”
Therefore, the rule of legislation – and concomitant legitimacy of our political establishments – is integral to the cultivation of ordered liberty and functioning authorities.
On November 5th, President-elect Trump was given an irrefutable political mandate by the American individuals to implement his political agenda. Atop that agenda is the restoration of the integrity of the authorized system – and the return of justice to its authentic mandate.
There isn’t any doubt, based mostly on the magnitude of the blight that has contaminated our judicial establishments, that even probably the most adept Lawyer Normal may have a colossal enterprise on their fingers.
The housecleaning wanted on the DOJ can be substantial, and it’ll require an all hands-on-deck method – and solely the most effective and brightest authorized minds to enact.
Thus, in service to that mighty job, the next gives a preliminary agenda for the following Lawyer Normal.
The guideline for every of the insurance policies listed is restoring religion within the Justice Division particularly, and rule of legislation and constitutional governance typically.
The aim should be to place a categorial cease to the political persecutions and lawfare that has roiled this nation over the past 4 years – and to stop its resumption as soon as Donald Trump leaves workplace.
The subsequent AG will solely obtain this by holding its chief architects accountable to the fullest extent of the legislation.
This advisory agenda recommends insurance policies to carry bad-faith actors, like Jack Smith, Alvin Bragg, and Fani Willis, accountable whereas additionally recommending insurance policies – like pardoning harmless J6 victims – with the intent to revive public confidence within the administration of justice within the nation’s highest and most influential legislation enforcement division.
If carried out absolutely, its authors imagine that these insurance policies will go a good distance in direction of redeeming Justice, the cornerstone of American democracy and free authorities, in each the DOJ and all through the land:
- Design New Touchdown Pages for FBI.gov and Justice.gov. The very first thing Individuals ought to see once they go to these authorities web sites is a transparent, no-frills description of each step the brand new administration has taken to extend transparency, take away deep state obstructionists, get rid of lawless home surveillance, and expose the deceit and corruption of the previous 12 years. For instance, the primary merchandise on FBI.gov’s touchdown web page can be a succinct admission of the FBI’s involvement in January sixth in addition to an outline of that involvement. These new web site touchdown pages will disclose all details about the next:
- All FBI Involvement within the Occasions of January 6, 2021.
- All proof of mistreatment of January 6 prisoners in federal custody.
- All proof of presidency involvement within the “51 intelligence officials letter”
- Copies of unredacted emails from any authorities official to any social media firm in any approach associated to the Biden after which Harris presidential campaigns.
- Copies of all information referring to the Robert Hur investigation of Joe Biden.
- Publicly Disclose all FBI Involvement in Russia Gate and surrounding hoaxes.
- Public Disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein Proof. This could embrace all info concerning his demise, his consumer lists, and the lacking Epstein tapes.
- Updates on all different objects set forth beneath.
- Specify the Plan to Radically Reform DOJ Tradition. Amongst different issues, this can require re-normalizing previously long-standing traditions of integrity, honesty, and braveness, whereas specializing in the sworn oath to guard and defend the structure. Federal prosecutors and particular brokers should perceive that they can not resort to lawless and unprecedented maneuvers merely as a result of their supervisors instruct them to take action or as a result of they dislike the political opposition.
- Election Integrity Process Pressure. Implement aggressive measures to revive public confidence in election procedures. These measures should embrace federal tips to make sure same-day voting, a return to paper ballots, obligatory Voter ID-requirements, and citizen verification measures change into a nationwide normal. Though the Structure vests appreciable energy within the states to set their very own election procedures, the federal authorities can implement a sturdy incentive construction to align state procedures with federal tips. Along with that incentive construction, DOJ ought to set up a job drive to research election fraud and examine the varied particular counsels designed to sabotage President Trump over the past eight years, with the aim to resolve election fraud as soon as and for all.
- Stand Up Process Pressure to Examine 2020 Election Interference by US Authorities Officers and Contractors. This job drive ought to deal with the conspiracy to cover-up the Hunter Biden laptop computer scandal, together with investigations into these throughout the FBI and intelligence neighborhood (and associated contractor) who instructed social media corporations to suppress the laptop computer story, communications by and among the many “51 intelligence officials” concerning the origins and contents of their public letter, and the CIA approval course of to authorize the letter. Many of those dangerous actors have violated the Hatch Act (which may be prosecuted beneath 5 USC §§ 7323 and 7324), 18 USC § 241 (Conspiracy In opposition to Rights, notably suppression of Individuals’ First Modification rights), 18 USC § 595 (election interference by authorities workers), 52 USC § 30119 (marketing campaign contributions by authorities contractors), and different federal crimes.
- Appoint United States Attorneys to Examine 2024 Senate Election Fraud: This can require the appointment of US Attorneys with sturdy investigative expertise to ferret out fraud within the 2024 Senate elections within the Japanese District of Michigan, Northern District of Georgia, Japanese District of Pennsylvania, and District of Arizona.
- Appoint United States Lawyer to Examine Makes an attempt to Intrude with the 2024 Presidential Election: These investigations may be carried out at the USA Lawyer stage, and will deal with the District of Colorado, District of Maine, and the Western or Japanese Districts of Michigan. Explicit consideration ought to be given to the official acts of the Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, and Maine Secretary of State Shana Bellows, all of whom tried to deprive residents of Colorado and Maine of their rights to vote, amongst different civil rights, by eradicating Donald Trump’s identify from the poll – a felony prosecutable beneath 18 USC § 242. As well as, an investigation must also be opened into Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who disenfranchised Michigan’s voters by preserving RFK Jr.’s identify on the poll even though he was not operating.
- Revoke Voting Rights Lawsuits. DOJ introduced many lawsuits in 2024 the impact of which has been to undermine the integrity of our elections, together with lawsuits to stop states from purging their voter rolls of unlawful aliens. These lawsuits have been grounded on an interpretation of federal voting rights legal guidelines that subvert our Structure. DOJ ought to by no means deliver any lawsuit the impact of which might be to undermine our constitutional system, prefer it did in Virginia and elsewhere.
- Abolish the Civil Rights Division (CRD). Below the management of avowed black supremacist Kristen Clarke, CRD has institutionalized racism in service of far-left political objectives. CRD ought to be abolished, and duty for prosecuting civil rights violations returned to the 94 United States Attorneys’ workplaces. As well as, DOJ should put strict tips across the kinds of crimes that may be prosecuted utilizing the nation’s civil rights legal guidelines–they have to by no means once more be used to discriminate towards disfavored racial teams.
- Revise DOJ Coverage Concerning Use of FISA Warrants. Whereas revising Part 702 of the International Intelligence Surveillance Act would require an act of Congress, DOJ can prohibit as a matter of coverage the FBI, US Attorneys’ workplaces, and “principal justice” prosecutors from conducting backdoor searches of Americans’ communications obtained by way of warrantless Part 702 searches.
- Prohibit DOJ from Co-Opting Social Media Corporations to Suppress Free Speech. There isn’t any lawful justification for any DOJ personnel (or any federal company) to instruct or request a personal firm to suppress the speech of any American. DOJ coverage should be revised to state this place clearly. Offenders ought to be instantly terminated.
- Eradicate DOJ Misinformation. The Division should not have any function in anyway in combating or figuring out misinformation or disinformation.
- Launch New DOJ “Sicario” Process Pressure. This job drive may have a single objective – detect and destroy utilizing the complete energy of the felony justice system all organized felony exercise tied to the cartels, Latin-American gangs like Tren de Aragua and MS-13, and different pseudo-state actors.
- Redeploy FBI Brokers from Counter Terrorism and Home Extremism. Lawyer Normal Garland repeatedly lied to the American people who an epidemic of white-supremacy and home extremism threaten the nation. These lies should be uncovered. On the identical time, FBI brokers engaged on these issues (those that are usually not fired) ought to be completely reassigned to the brand new Sicario job drive.
- Revoke Safety Clearances. The President-elect ought to instantly revoke the safety clearances of any individual working within the personal sector who was appointed by Presidents Biden or Obama and a curated record of others. For instance, to the extent any of the “51 former intelligence officers” who sanctified the Hunter Biden laptop computer as “Russian disinformation” nonetheless have safety clearances, they should be revoked. Others, to the extent they maintain safety clearances, who ought to obtain lifetime revocations embrace: Jack Smith, John Brennan, James Comey, Peter Strzok, Lisa Web page, Andrew McCabe, Michael Hayden, Sally Yates, Bruce & Nellie Ohr, James Clapper, Rod Rosenstein, Victoria Nuland, Invoice Barr, Jeff Rosen, Adam Schiff, Andrew Weissman, Norm Eisen, and all 50 signers of October 19, 2020 letter alleging Hunter Biden laptop story was likely “Russian disinformation,” and different senior authorities officers concerned in abetting the pretend Russian-collusion narrative over the past eight years.
- Develop Strict Pointers for Enforcement of FACE Act. The Honest Entry to Clinics Entrance Act is meant to guard church buildings and pro-life being pregnant facilities in addition to abortion clinics. Nonetheless, USDOJ has enforced it primarily to advance left-wing political causes – that’s, solely in reference to putative violations involving abortion clinics. By one measure, it has been used 130 occasions to prosecute offenses towards abortion clinics versus 5 towards church buildings / pro-life facilities, although the latter are 22 occasions extra prone to be attacked.
- Develop Strict Pointers for Dealing with Congressional Investigative Referrals. DOJ can’t select to disregard some congressional referrals whereas zealously prosecuting others. For instance, it selected to prosecute congressional contempt offenses towards Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon however not towards Eric Holder. Equally, USDOJ didn’t prosecute Congressman Jamaal Bowman although he deliberately delayed the execution of a legislation of the USA. These double requirements should finish. As well as, if prosecuting all these offenses, there ought to be a DOJ presumption of no jail time.
- Develop Strict Pointers Round “Political Circumstances.” DOJ should develop new insurance policies concerning investigating and prosecuting political figures. For instance, DOJ shouldn’t be permitted to cost any doubtless main presidential candidate inside two years of the following election and any doubtless main senatorial candidate inside one yr of the following election. As well as, DOJ ought to require a unanimous vote from any grand jury deliberating on the felony conduct of any main presidential candidate.
- Eradicate Left Wing Id Group Subversion. DOJ’s workplaces and the USA Attorneys’ workplaces (and LinkedIn profiles, web sites, and different public-facing platforms) routinely advance and rejoice left wing political objectives, together with issues like Delight Month, Indigenous Peoples Day, and different subversive propaganda. Within the curiosity of sustaining political neutrality and nonpartisanship, DOJ coverage ought to explicitly prohibit all DOJ personnel from selling or advancing of their official capability all these political actions.
- Eradicate DOJ’s Lawless DEIA Program. It’s illegal for the USA authorities to discriminate on the premise of race. DOJ routinely violates this requirement with issues just like the Division’s public commitment to Variety, Fairness, Inclusion (“DEI”) and Accessibility, and its help for Affirmative Motion and different hiring and prosecutorial practices based mostly on “fairness.” These insurance policies should be disbanded and a public apology for DOJ’s lawlessness on this regard ought to be added to the brand new touchdown web page (see merchandise 1).
- Eradicate DOJ Consent Decrees with States and Municipalities. The consent decree course of ought to be deserted, all consent decrees instantly terminated, and the Division ought to play no additional function in evaluating the conduct of state or native authorities referring to civil rights, which in its latter-day formulation, is merely used as a pretext for prosecuting political dissidents.
- Ramp Up Prosecution of Immigration Associated Offenses. This could embrace investigation into those that harbor unlawful aliens, knowingly make use of them, or smuggle them into the nation (8 USC § 1324) and may embrace prosecutions of any state official – together with Governors and Mayors which have declared sure areas to be “sanctuary states/cities” to deal with harmful unlawful aliens who makes an attempt to impede the enforcement of federal legislation.
- Open Choose Felony Investigations.
- John Doe DOJ Officers: Election interference and intimidation in violation of 18 USC §§ 241, 595 for letter sent to Elon Musk concerning pre-election pledge.
- Anthony Blinken: Election interference for his function in growing the 51 intelligence officers letter.
- Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and Maine Secretary of State Shana Bellows: Deprivation of civil rights beneath shade of legislation in violation of 18 USC § 242 for trying to disclaim the residents of Colorado and Maine their proper to vote.
- Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd for the homicide of Ashli Babbitt in violation of 18 USC § 1111.
- Liz Cheney: Witness tampering in violation of 18 USC § 1512 for her actions to corruptly influence the testimony of witness Cassidy Hutchinson.
- Jane Doe FEMA Officers: Violation of the civil rights of Trump supporters who have been additionally survivors of Hurricane Helene in Florida, North Carolina, and elsewhere. 18 USC § 242.
- John Doe Jail Officers: Mistreatment of January sixth prisoners in Washington DC in violation 18 USC § 242.
- Fani Willis and Nathan Wade: For trying to disclaim Donald Trump and different defendants in Fulton County their proper to due course of by way of perjury, conspiracy, and different state offenses, in violation of 18 USC §§ 241 and § 242.
- Letitia James and Alvin Bragg: For commencing a witch-hunt towards Donald Trump, denying him of basic rights, like Due Course of and the presumption of innocence, alongside the way in which. And for turning New York lawcourts into kangaroo tribunals, whereby egregious costs, based mostly on a malicious interpretation of the legislation – as within the civil case that valued Mar-a-Lago at $18 million – have been cooked up for the deliberate try and intrude with the election and sully the fame of the would-be President-elect.
- Normal Mark Milley. Treason in violation of 18 USC 2381, for giving support and luxury to the enemies of the USA in connection along with his lawless determination to impart essential strategic info to the Chinese language. Furthermore, beneath the Uniform Code of Navy Justice (UCMJ), Milley’s conduct doubtless constitutes offenses like sedition or undermining lawful civil authority, given the allegations of usurping presidential command authority. These actions may effectively represent court-martial offenses if confirmed in a navy tribunal.
- Ship DOJ “Pricey Colleague” Letters to Can be Immigration Offenders. For instance, JB Pritzker threatened to impede the enforcement of federal legislation and to harbor unlawful aliens. He ought to be reminded that to take action is a federal crime for which he may be prosecuted.
- Ship DOJ “Pricey Colleague” Letters to College Admissions’ Workplace. The Supreme Courtroom made clear in SFFA v. Harvard that discrimination on the premise of race in college admissions is illegal. Left-wing admissions officers continue to ignore the Supreme Courtroom. DOJ must clarify to college officers that the Division will examine violations of this requirement, together with by bringing civil circumstances towards particular officers.
- Institute Formal OPR Referrals / Bar Licensing Authority Referrals. For all federal prosecutors concerned within the prosecutions of Donald Trump. Prime of the record is Jack Smith, who opened an illegal and unprecedented political prosecution towards a former and future President on completely and utterly baseless grounds.
- Pardons and Commutations.
- January 6th Pardons: Electoral Justice Circumstances: (a) commute the sentences to “time served” for many January sixth protestors already sentenced and nonetheless incarcerated resembling Enrique Tarrio; (b) pardon sure January sixth protestors on a case-by-case foundation; (c) on a case-by-case foundation, dismiss ongoing electoral justice circumstances or provide plea offers to misdemeanor offenses for individuals who destroyed bodily property. For the Workplace of Pardon Lawyer, appoint somebody within the mildew of John Pierce, founder of the NCLU, and a tried and true J6 protection lawyer, who understands the circumstances and system effectively, and has immense and firsthand data of institutional abuses.
- FACE Act Offenses. Pardon any individual convicted of a non-violent FACE act offense. Alternatively, commute all sentences to time served.
- Contempt Proceedings: Pardon Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro. Encourage Congress to determine a particular fee to research the unlawfully constituted J6 fee and launch all excellent video and different proof that exists – and exonerates – these concerned within the January 6th, 2021, occasion. Enact laws that forbids partisan commissions, with flout each congressional guidelines and precedent because the J6 fee so egregiously did, from holding harmless residents in contempt.
- Defamation Circumstances: Implement laws to stop the persecution of political dissidents, like Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, beneath the pretense of defamation legislation. It shouldn’t be a criminal offense, as an example, for a personal citizen to opine on a primarily political matter – i.e., proof of corruption or fraud affecting federal elections. Furthermore, beneath defamation legislation, even a defamed particular person shouldn’t be entitled to damages egregiously and unjustifiably past the values of their reputations, as occurred with the case of E. Jean Carroll or the Georgia election employees within the Giuliani case. The administration ought to work to overturn New York Occasions Co. v. Sullivan.
- Develop Authorized Steering for Dealing with District Courtroom Injunctions. Sadly, most of the nation’s federal district courtroom judges are partisans wanting to implement the political objectives of left-wing activists. These activists, in flip, are adept at “discussion board buying” for lawless judges. That is how, for instance, a single district courtroom decide in Hawaii can enjoin a nationwide immigration coverage, as occurred in Trump v. Hawaii. Authorized justification for Trump to sidestep these rogue and lawless district courtroom injunctions, which invariably will come up, should be developed. A proper Lawyer Normal opinion ought to observe.