Trump wants to ruin the companies the government views as adversaries, according to remarks made last week by Trump friend Steve Bannon.
Bannon said, “He’s going to drive those law firms out of business.” “Our goal is to force you out of business and into bankruptcy.”
In a statement, 22 civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP, denounced the new directive. “Child dissent, avoid accountability,
And weaponize the government to attack opponents of this administration and its lawless actions,” they argued: that was its stated purpose. Officials from the White House justified the action.
“President Trump’s pledge to guarantee that the legal system is no longer used as a weapon against the American people is being fulfilled.
“Success and historic accomplishments for the American people are President Trump’s only retribution,” assistant White House press secretary Taylor Rogers told news outlets in a statement.
