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Jack Smith joins 900 ex-prosecutors to warn against Trump shutting anti-corruption office

Raw Story 18 Feb 2025
Department prosecutors had expressed concerns that Trump's presidency "will result in the elimination of the Public Integrity Section, created in the wake of the Watergate scandal, and whose vital ...
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Skelton: California farmers bought Trump’s election pitch. Now they may pay the price

East Bay Times 18 Feb 2025
Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson put it well. “Buy the ticket, take the ride.” ... And now they’re on a ride to who knows where ... Now he’s promising to send them more water to grow crops ... It ended with the Watergate scandal and Nixon’s resignation ... .
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Pam Bondi is already targeting Trump's enemies

Korea Times 16 Feb 2025
By Barbara McQuade. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has no appreciation for irony ... You are either for us or against us ... The Principles of Federal Prosecution, implemented after the Watergate scandal, provides policy guidance for DOJ attorneys ... .
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'Brutal': Ex-federal prosecutor reveals why Trump DOJ’s 'illegal order' was 'so corrupt'

Alternet 15 Feb 2025
He recalled the Saturday Night Massacre during the Watergate scandal of the 1970s, when several top DOJ officials resigned when President Richard Nixon ordered Attorney General Archibald Cox to drop a subpoena for the Watergate tapes. READ MORE ... .
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COLUMNIST: Pam Bondi already targeting Trump’s enemies

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 15 Feb 2025
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has no appreciation for irony ... Justice Department personnel who worked on cases against the Jan ... The Principles of Federal Prosecution, implemented after the Watergate scandal, provides policy guidance for DOJ attorneys ... .
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Turning Payback Into Policy

Political Wire 14 Feb 2025
The Economist. “Mr Trump is not just returning to the ways of American presidents before the Watergate scandal, which led to reforms meant to insulate the Justice Department and FBI from presidential pressure.
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Drama over Adams case raises questions about Trump administration’s ‘weaponization’ of justice

CNN 14 Feb 2025
... and officials resigned following special prosecutor Archibald Cox’s refusal to honor President Richard Nixon’s request to drop a subpoena for White House tapes during the Watergate scandal in 1973.
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'Thursday night massacre': Expert flags DOJ's 'cascading scandal' — that won't go away

Raw Story 14 Feb 2025
As news broke that a third prosecutor resigned, Litman dubbed it a "Thursday night massacre," a reference to the famous "Saturday Night Massacre" during the Watergate scandal, in which the attorney ...
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Why is DOJ coddling New York’s mayor? | Letters to the editor

Sun Sentinel 14 Feb 2025
The corruption at the U.S. Department of Justice with politically-motivated purges of staff and the dropping of the case against New York Mayor Eric Adams is mind-boggling ... Capitol insurrection ... It all reminds me of the Watergate scandal ... policy ... Rep ... ....
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How Trump’s Justice Department has gutted the government’s ability to chase public corruption

CNN 14 Feb 2025
The Trump administration has gutted the federal government’s ability to fight public corruption in a matter of weeks ... Amundson’s former unit, the Public Integrity Section, was created in 1976 to combat corruption in the wake of the Watergate scandal ... .
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Government watchdogs fired by Trump are suing to get their jobs back

Business Insider 13 Feb 2025
Eight inspectors general are suing the Trump administration ... The lawsuit named Trump and the heads of those agencies as defendants ... Congress created the inspectors general in 1978, in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, to combat fraud and abuse.
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Experts weigh in: Can a judge from RI play a key role in checking presidential power?

The Providence Journal 13 Feb 2025
PROVIDENCE – From the Watergate scandal to President Truman’s attempt to seize the steel mills to whether people from predominantly Muslim countries can be banned from traveling to the United States ...
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Barbara McQuade: Pam Bondi is already targeting Trump’s enemies

Pioneer Press 13 Feb 2025
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has no appreciation for irony ... Justice Department personnel who worked on cases against the Jan ... The Principles of Federal Prosecution, implemented after the Watergate scandal, provide policy guidance for DOJ attorneys ... .
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Do Elon Musk and DOGE have power to cut spending, close agencies?

Austin American-Statesman 13 Feb 2025
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote Feb ... During President Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, as the Supreme Court moved strongly to constrain presidential power, "Congress backed the court up by moving to impeach him" Edelson said ... U.S.
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Meet the ‘New Media’ Press at Trump’s White House

The Wrap 12 Feb 2025
20 ... Her reason? Those institutions are “dying,” she said, at the same time Americans are increasingly turning to alternative media ... (In 1976, soon after the Watergate Scandal, 72% of respondents trusted the media.) ... — Sage Steele ... area.
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