Garland to vow DOJ won't be used as 'political weapon'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : "The remarks come as Garland has sought to refute allegations from Trump and his allies of weaponization of the department through its prosecution of individuals involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, as well as Special Counsel Jack Smith's dueling prosecutions of Trump himself for his alleged mishandling of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
35% : The court's conservative majority determined that Trump and other presidents should be shielded from any criminal liability for contacts with the DOJ, that they said clearly fall within the chief executive's core powers.
26% : As a result, Special Counsel Smith returned a superseding indictment two weeks ago against Trump that stripped out any mentions of the alleged DOJ plot.
15% : Trump and his allies, in turn, have ramped up in recent months their promises to use the Justice Department as a tool of retribution against his political enemies -- with Trump in a Truth Social post over the weekend threatening "long term prison sentences" for "Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials" he baselessly accused of being involved in "cheating" in the 2020 and 2024 elections.

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