NBC News reports:
The conservative activist named by President Donald Trump as the head of the Justice Department’s “Weaponization Working Group” said Tuesday he planned to “name” and “shame” individuals the department determines it is unable to charge with crimes, in what would amount to a major departure from longstanding Justice Department protocols.
Ed Martin described himself at a press conference as the “captain” of the group that is investigating prosecutors who launched past investigations into Trump and his allies.
“There are some really bad actors, some people that did some really bad things to the American people. And if they can be charged, we’ll charge them. But if they can’t be charged, we will name them,” Martin said. “And we will name them, and in a culture that respects shame, they should be people that are ashamed. And that’s a fact. That’s the way things work. And so that’s, that’s how I believe the job operates.”
Read the full article. The obvious intent is for the cult to rain down death threats and abuse.
NEW: If they can’t charge individuals with federal crimes, a new DOJ ‘weaponization’ group says they will “name” and “shame” them instead, @ryanjreilly reports. https://t.co/tMEhwAGueV via @nbcnews
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