Some of the Democratic Party’s core political groups are preparing for the possibility that President Donald Trump’s allies may soon launch criminal investigations that could handicap Democratic infrastructure.

As President Donald Trump pushes the historical boundaries of executive power, some of the Democratic Party’s core political institutions are preparing for the possibility that the federal government may soon launch criminal investigations against them.

The Democrats’ dominant national fundraising platform, ActBlue, and the party’s largest protest group, Indivisible, are working with their attorneys for just such a scenario, according to officials within both organizations. Trump’s top political allies have suggested both groups should face prosecution.

  • floofloof@lemmy.ca
    57·
    17 days ago

    “Anyone who has (not) broken the law should not be worried,” Leavitt told The Associated Press. “If you have broken the law and engaged in the weaponization of justice, then you should be worried. It’s that simple.”

    The blatant abuse of language is one of the most disgusting ways fascists revel in their power. Everyone knows they’re doing exactly what they falsely accuse others of doing, but they love saying it to remind you that there’s nothing you can do now they have all the power.

      • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
        3·
        16 days ago

        Not just him but seemingly everyone surrounding him has also been convicted of a felony and then later pardoned.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      5·
      16 days ago

      Orwell was so spot on when he wrote about the party using language as a means of control in 1984.

      I remember reading those parts as a kid and thinking they were super far fetched.

      Turns out it’s probably one of his most accurate predictions.