WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the Trump Administration firing January 6th prosecutors at the Department of Justice and reportedly targeting hundreds of F.B.I. agents, including some who investigated the insurrection:
“The President wants the Department of Justice to answer not to the Constitution, and not to the people, but to him. Donald Trump will stop at nothing to exact political retribution now that the keys to the White House are back in his hands. Unfortunately for our democracy, he also has keys to our Supreme Court and both chambers of Congress.
“President Trump’s nominees for Attorney General and F.B.I. Director said career employees wouldn’t be targets of political retribution, but it already appears to be happening. It’s clear who is, and will always be, in control of the Justice Department—and that is President Trump. My colleagues shouldn’t need any additional evidence.”
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