Disturbing

The Department of Justice is ramping up their work to probe and target officials who investigated Donald Trump.

This new headline should concern anybody who cares about the rule of law.

According to CNN, the Department of Justice is ramping up their efforts to probe and target officials who investigated Donald Trump.

This comes just weeks after the president himself pressured officials to investigate his adversaries. Already, the president’s administration has attacked leaders like Senator Adam Schiff, Captain Mark Kelly, and Letitia James.

These attacks are disturbing and must be called for what they are: Blatant attempts to silence his opposition. This cannot be tolerated in a democracy. Unfortunately, this pressure campaign led by the president is not new.

In 2019, I witnessed it personally when he tried to extort our ally, Ukraine, into investigating his political rival. I reported that call — leading to Trump’s first impeachment and him ending my military service.