Jim Jordan denies Trump will carry out threats to go after his political rivals

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33% : Trump's victory in the Electoral College and popular vote this past week came after months of warnings from Democrats about the threat Trump posed to American democracy and specifically about plans outlined by his allies working for the "Project 2025" effort to craft what critics call a blueprint for undermining the traditional independence of the Justice Department from the president's personal oversight.
32% : Jordan was on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday and was presented a list of Democrats whom Trump has said he would press the Justice Department to prosecute at various points during his campaign.
18% : But the Ohio congressman brushed away concerns, stating that Trump "didn't do that in his first term" and pointed out that despite pledging of his 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton, to "lock her up", did not actually direct the DoJ to do so at any point in his first presidency.
15% : One of the most important roadblocks Trump faced in his bid to overturn the 2020 election on false pretense of fraud was Bill Barr, then attorney general, who refuted his boss's claims that federal authorities had seen evidence of widespread election fraud.
12% : Since leaving office in 2021 on the back of a failed attempt to change the election results, Trump has made repeated threats to use the Justice Department to prosecute Joe Biden and his son Hunter for various nefarious activities and influence-trading which Republicans have long alleged (without evidence) that the incumbent president's family partook in.
6% : Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }}House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan tamped down on worries that Donald Trump would weaponize the federal government against his political enemies on Sunday, even as Trump himself has publicly promised to do so.

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