Attorney and author Shan Wu is writing in the Daily Beast that President Donadl Trump is demanding the power to prosecute individuals and whole groups of people alike without either the benefit of court or legal language. The president, who is himself a convicted felon, accused Taylor of treason in an order entitled “Addressing Risks Associated with an Egregious Leaker and Disseminator of Falsehoods.” According to Trump, Taylor “illegally published classified conversations,” and claims it is forbidden for “a government employee to improperly “discloses sensitive information for the purposes of personal enrichment and undermining our foreign policy, national security, and Government effectiveness" to sow chaos and distrust in Government. But when government authorities refuse to address the abuse of the Presidential office to press personal grievances, they’re saying the president “is free to indict, adjudicate and impose punishments for criminal accusations against a group of people—or a single person like Taylor or Krebs—through a mere decree.”
Author: Adam Lynch, Alternet
Published at: 2025-04-16 22:48:43
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