The Destruction of the Department of Justice | When people at the department embrace Trump’s scorn for the law, the law, as a practical limitation on government action, ceases to exist.
The Destruction of the Department of Justice | When people at the department embrace Trump’s scorn for the law, the law, as a practical limitation on government action, ceases to exist.
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The Destruction of the Department of Justice
Alina Habba is a federal prosecutor now?
Alina Habba who said, “Somebody said to me ‘Alina, would you rather be smart or pretty?’ and I said ‘Oh easy, pretty… I can fake being smart’."?
Alina Habba, who has never been a prosecutor before? That Alina Habba is now the chief federal prosecutor and law enforcement official in New Jersey?
The one in Trump's losing $500 million civil fraud case who didn't even seem to know the federal rules of evidence, and whose only skill at the trial seemed to be completely undermining herself and her case?
Jesus christ.
I know what you mean, but it's a given they're gonna be evil, so the best case scenario is they're evil and incompetent.
Oh, I agree completely.
But I remember seeing her in 2023 and thinking, "Trump is scraping the bottom of the barrel now that nobody competent will work with him. This is truly clown-level, the bottom 1% of attorneys." In a fair timeline she wouldn't even be an attorney - she would work for 20 years to peak as a manager of the McDonald's that Trump is a lifer janitor at.
I should have known - I had similar thoughts about Sarah Huckabee Sanders when she was press secretary, and now she's [checks notes]... Governor of Arkansas.