President Donald Trump, who faced a multitude of cases directed against him by Democrats, is now dropping the hammer on his political rivals by demanding that the DOJ prosecute them.
The president has notably pressured Attorney General Pam Bondi to expedite prosecutions, but the attorney general has not done much to accelerate them recently.
Instead, Lindsey Halligan, who heads the DOJ’s Eastern District of Virginia Office, is stealing the spotlight and doing the president’s bidding.
Halligan is responsible for the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
As Resist the Mainstream previously reported, the indictments reportedly blindsided Bondi, who wants to distance herself from such controversial cases.
Given Bondi’s inaction and Halligan’s rapid moves, it appears the two are engaged in a contest to become the president’s top enforcer, with Bondi’s position in jeopardy.
“It’s real and it’s personal,” one insider said. “They both want to be the president’s enforcer.”
As a result, a vicious power struggle ensues between Halligan and Bondi.
On Wednesday, Trump called his top officials for a meeting in the Oval Office.
FBI Director Kash Patel, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Bondi were all present in the room.
The president’s official schedule described the meeting as focused on violent crime, but it was entirely about something else.
Trump emphasized the need for indictments against his political enemies to be expedited, according to the Daily Mail.
The president reportedly pointed at portraits of Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln in the Oval Office, saying that the two former presidents were denigrated more than any other US figure except him.
“Nobody’s been treated like I’ve been treated,” Trump said.
This isn’t the first time that the president has called on his top DOJ officials to speed up prosecutions against his political enemies.
In fact, the president is reportedly frustrated with Bondi over her inaction and delays in the process.
In September, Trump mistakenly posted a private text message to Bondi on Truth Social. In it, he pressured Bondi over her idleness in prosecuting his foes.
Trump said he reviewed over 30 statements that said there is “all talk, no action” regarding prosecutions.
He told Bondi that any further delays could hurt the credibility of the Trump administration.
“We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility,” he wrote. “They impeached me twice and indicted me (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!” President DJT.”
Trump is now calling for additional indictments against some of his other political foes: California Sen. Adam Schiff (D), former Special Counsel Jack Smith, Prosecutor Andrew Weissman, former CIA Director John Brennan, ex-FBI Director Christopher Wray and former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco.
The president referred to these individuals as “scum” and lambasted them for treating his family “worse than any third-world country or banana republic.”
