As the Washington Post reported on Sunday, the former president and his allies have begun to draw up concrete plans on how to sanction critics of the future Trump administration. The Republican named people who should be investigated.
His team is also already developing plans that would allow Trump to activate the Insurrection Act on the first day of his second term. The Insurrection Act allows the US President to use the US military domestically under certain circumstances.
Plan is implemented in the “Project 2025”
In recent months, Trump has privately confided in advisers and friends that he wants the Justice Department to investigate former officials and allies who are critical of his first term. Among the nominees would be former chief of staff John Kelly and former attorney general William Barr. Trump also talked about prosecuting FBI and Justice Department officials.
Portal/Leah Millis Chances are good that Joe Biden will once again fight Trump for entry into the White House
The Washington Post cites people who spoke to Trump about this and wished to remain anonymous. Many of these plans for Trump’s second term have been unofficially outsourced to think tanks in Washington. For example, under the name “Project 2025,” they would draft implementing regulations for the use of the Insurrection Act.
In the final year of Trump’s presidency, some of his allies pushed to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell the unrest that followed the killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020. Trump publicly expressed regret over not being able to mobilize more federal forces . Thus, he later said that he would do so in the future.
Barr: “I’m shaking”
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung did not comment on the alleged plans to The Washington Post. “President Trump is focused on destroying his opponents in the primaries and then defeating the corrupt Joe Biden,” Cheung was quoted as saying. “President Trump has always defended law and order and protected the Constitution.”
When asked about the rumored plans, Trump’s former chief of staff, Kelly, said he assumed the former president would look into it. “I have no doubt he will take action against the people who opposed him,” Kelly said. Former Minister Barr, on the other hand, said succinctly: “I’m shaking.”
Monday in court
Trump will appear publicly in court again on Monday. He was scheduled to testify in person at the fraud trial in New York. During the prosecutor’s extensive interrogation, Trump will be under oath. Trump’s first major statement in one of the numerous trials against him is eagerly awaited. It’s about the future of the 77-year-old’s corporate empire.
The New York public prosecutor accuses Trump, his children and employees of manipulating the value of the Trump Organization for years to obtain cheaper loans and insurance contracts. Judge Arthur Engoron had already confirmed this before the trial – the process is now mainly about determining the exact possible penalties.
Attorney General Letitia James wants to ensure that Trump will have to pay 250 million dollars (around 239 million euros) and will no longer be able to do business in New York. Trump is the most promising candidate for the Republican candidacy for the 2024 presidential elections. According to many observers, he is using the process as electoral advertising and has repeatedly stated that the trial is part of a political campaign against him.