Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) stated Sunday he thinks President-elect Trump ought to hearth the Division of Justice (DOJ) employees who investigated his authorized circumstances.
Schmitt joined NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the place he weighed in on the way forward for the DOJ as Trump prepares to take workplace once more and as considerations develop that he’ll use the division as a authorized powerhouse to go after his enemies.
Schmitt argued that the Biden administration abused its energy in bringing forth authorized challenges towards Trump and that the DOJ wants “accountability,” one thing he thinks Pam Bondi, Trump’s new legal professional common decide, will carry to the job.
Host Kristen Welker pressed Schmitt on what accountability will appear like, notably if particular counsel Jack Smith and present Lawyer Common Merrick Garland shall be prosecuted.
“I think accountability means first and foremost the people involved in this should be fired immediately,” Schmitt replied. “And anybody part of this effort to keep President Trump off the ballot and to throw him in jail for the rest of his life because they didn’t like his politics and continue to cast him as a quote-unquote threat to democracy was wrong.”
Schmitt stated “we’ll see” the place the division goes with Bondi on the high. Bondi nonetheless needs to be confirmed by the Senate earlier than she turns into legal professional common.
A yr in the past, Trump was staring down 4 potential prison trials on 91 expenses, which might quantity to a long time in jail. Successful the election means they’re successfully coming to a halt. He’s the primary convicted felon to succeed in the nation’s highest workplace.
