A politicized Justice Department and weaponized investigations were called out by former President Donald Trump in a pair of statements Sunday, noting the witch-hunts on Steve Bannon and Jan. 6, while ignoring of allegations of election fraud.
Bannon is the first American to be indicted by the Justice Department for contempt of Congress when executive privilege has been asserted. Bannon has delayed complying with a Jan. 6 committee subpoena as Trump’s legal team has an ongoing legal challenge to the release of privileged documents and communications with former advisers to the Trump administration, including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
“Why aren’t they investigating the people and states who cheated on the election causing the protest of Jan. 6?” Trump wrote. “Why aren’t they investigating the people who ruthlessly and violently burned down and took over Democrat-run cities, beating and murdering people along the way?
“Instead they are viciously investigating those who protested the Nov. 3 presidential election, the Crime of the Century. No investigations on election fraud, but if anybody was near the Capitol waving an American flag, they’ve had nothing but trouble
