#GaryShapley was a longtime #IRS agent when he told Congress in 2023 that prosecutors slow-walked an inquiry into then-President Joe #Biden’s son for #tax offenses.… But Shapley’s testimony, along w/that of Joseph Ziegler, has made him a celebrated figure on the #FarRight & endeared him to advisers to #Trump, who in his first term openly mused about using #tax investigations to persecute his perceived #political #enemies.
That ofcl, #GaryShapley, was recently appointed to dpty chief of the #IRS’s #criminal division & to an “unprecedented” senior advisory role at the #Treasury Dept, he wrote to colleagues in a recent email…— giving #political appointees a direct line to #tax investigations for the first time since #Nixon.
Hunter Biden #tax *informant* set to control #IRS #criminal division
The #Trump admin is amassing influence over criminal investigations at the IRS, bypassing senior career ofcls to elevate an ofcl who previously raised concerns about an investigation into Hunter Biden’s #taxes to a key leadership role in the division.
#law #WeaponizationOfGovernment #TrumpEnemiesList
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/02/trump-administration-irs-politicization/
The Chief of Staff for #PamBondi, the United States Attorney General, posted this attack on influential conservative legal mind #MikeLutig.
For those who don’t know, #Trump issued an EO targeting the law firm #PerkinsCoie. The firm’s attys are barred from entering federal buildings (federal courts are federal buildings) & removed their security clearances. Michael Sussman, a fmr Perkins Coie atty was involved in Trump’s first impeachment.
…#Trump has made no secret of his plans to seek retribution against political foes once he returns to the WH, telling NBC’s “Meet the Press” earlier this month that members of the #House #Jan6 panel “should go to jail.”
…Trump has also indicated he will consider #pardons for those who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6 “within the first nine minutes” of his term.
“#LizCheney could be in a lot of trouble based on the evidence obtained by the subcommittee,” #Trump wrote. “Which states that ‘numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney, & these violations should be investigated by the FBI.’”
#Trump reignited his [#threats against]…fmr Rep #LizCheney, saying she “could be in a lot of trouble” following a #House subcmte report accusing her of wrongdoing while serving on the panel that investigated the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Trump’s post cites [the] report released Tues…by #GOP Rep #BarryLoudermilk that… calls for her to be investigated….
#law #WeaponizationOfGovernment #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #MAGA #Republicans #democracy #USpol
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/18/congress/trump-jabs-at-cheney-00195030
A 128-pg report [#propaganda] from the #House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight said #LizCheney should be investigated for witness tampering. It accuses her of colluding w/ #CassidyHutchinson, the fmr White House aide who became the cmte’s star witness as it examined #Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
In another revoltingly hypocritical move, #HouseRepublicans say #LizCheney should be criminally investigated, for investigating #Trump’s #Jan6 #coup attempt.
House Republicans on Tuesday said their one-time colleague, fmr Rep Liz Cheney of Wyoming, should face a #criminal investigation for her role on the select cmte that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
#law #WeaponizationOfGovernment #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #PolitcalViolence #USpol #democracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/us/politics/liz-cheney-jan-6-house-republicans.html?smid=url-share
In a joint stmnt, Stamos & DiResta said their work involved much more than #elections, & that they had been unfairly maligned.
“The politically motivated attacks against our #research on elections & #vaccines have no merit, & the attempts by #partisan #House cmte chairs to suppress #FirstAmendment protected research are a quintessential example of the #WeaponizationOfGovernment.”
#HouseRepublicans urged Schumer to "schedule a trial on the matter expeditiously."
#Schumer & his staff have promised to start the process of swearing senators in as jurors the day after the articles are received in the chamber. Washington Senator Patty Murray, the #Senate President Pro Tempore, will preside over the #Mayorkas #impeachment trial.
#Republicans advance #Mayorkas #impeachment as Democrats decry process as a sham
#HouseRepublicans voted Tues to advance an impeachment case against #DHS Secy #AlejandroMayorkas to the full chamber, moving one step closer to impeaching the first Cabinet member in almost 150 yrs.
#PerformancePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/30/mayorkas-impeachment-house-republicans/
#HunterBiden has objected to providing private testimony, saying he fears #Republicans will selectively leak his remarks & try to distort what he says. He has repeatedly proposed that he appear at a #public hearing instead to answer their questions.
“They have lied over and over,” #Biden said of Republicans.
Republicans have threatened to hold him in contempt of Congress if he does not comply, saying a public hearing is not enough.
#HunterBiden appeared on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning to offer to publicly #testify in #HouseRepublicans’ *#impeachment* investigation into his father, though he insisted he would not appear for the private #deposition they scheduled over his refusals.
#Congress #House #Republicans The real #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/us/politics/hunter-biden-impeachment-testimony.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Trump offers striking candor about post-2024 #WeaponizationOfGovernment #plans
He intends to use the full power of the #federal #government against his perceived #foes. He's practically #bragging about it.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
This is the only appropriate reaction to the above news re the latest #HouseRepublicans #Speaker plan of a #KevinMcCarthy #JimJordan #speakership.
#JoyReid #TheReidOut
@MSNBC
#Congress #Republicans #dysfunction #PublicDisservice #GymJordan #ChaosCaucus #TrollCaucus #MAGA #anarchists #WeaponizationOfGovernment
A total of 20 #Republicans voted against #JimJordan on the first vote for #speaker, the exact same number who opposed #McCarthy on his first of 15 ballots. But it’s a very different group of 20 lawmakers, & it remains to be seen what Jordan can do to win them over.
The #House is expected to vote Tues afternoon on whether to make Rep #JimJordan its next speaker. Jordan, a #RightWing conservative agitator, who spews #ConspiracyTheories & #propaganda, is allied w/ Trump. He was chosen by fellow #HouseRepublicans on Fri to lead the House but must win a majority in the full chamber to take the gavel.
#GymJordan #extremism #MAGA #anarchist #WeaponizationOfGovernment #grievance #ChaosCaucus #dysfunction #PublicDisservice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/17/house-speaker-vote/
US Rep #AndrewClyde wants to use an upcoming #appropriations bill to slash #federal #funding for #Willis, Manhattan DA #AlvinBragg & federal #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith. Each is a top #prosecutor in 1 of the 4 cases #Trump is currently facing.
And U.S. Rep. #MarjorieTaylorGreene is among the #GOP members who urged the House #Judiciary Committee to launch an investigation into how much her office receives in federal $ & whether it has interacted w/ WH ofcls.
(The real #WeaponizationOfGovernment)
Key #Witness Doesn’t Back Up #GOP’s Biggest Allegations on #Bidens
The testimony of #DevonArcher, a #HunterBiden assoc, paints an unflattering portrait of Hunter’s business dealings, but contradicts reports of bribes or material involvement by the president.
#Comer #WeaponizationOfGovernment #HouseRepublicans #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #Republican #Dysfunction
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/us/politics/biden-devon-archer-testimony.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
