A former federal prosecutor was left aghast Tuesday at the Trump administration’s “twisted” new legal move to go after one of the president’s perceived foes.
Glenn Kirschner took to his YouTube channel to discuss Aileen Cannon, a Trump-appointed judge known for her controversial decision to throw out former special counsel Jack Smith’s criminal classified documents case against Trump, “reared her judicial head.”
“There’s some new reporting about a pretty twisted legal development that represents yet another abuse of the rule of law by Donald Trump’s dirty DOJ leadership,” said Kirschner.
Trump and his allies have gone after multiple officials Trump sees as enemies, including New York Attorney General Leticia James, former FBI Director James Comey, and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. This time, Kirschner warned former CIA Director John Brennan is up next on the docket for investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Despite officials finding ample evidence of Russian interference in the election, Trump seeks to have Brennan prosecuted, even though there’s “no evidence suggesting he committed a crime,” noted Kirschner.
“So what has Donald Trump’s DOJ done?” the former prosecutor asked viewers.
The Justice Department has tried to steer an investigation away from Washington, D.C. to a Trump-friendly jurisdiction in southern Florida – specifically Cannon’s courthouse in Fort Pierce where she is the sole judge.
“This is what we call forum shopping. You don’t get to pick the judge. You have to go to where the crime allegedly occurred, D.C., and that’s where you investigate it,” he said, lamenting that the Justice Department will do whatever “dear leader” tells them.
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