Trump ally: DOJ independence should be 'consigned to the ash heap of history'

An ally of former President Donald Trump wants to bring the entire United States Department of Justice directly under his control should he win a second term in office.

The Atlantic's McKay Coppins has written a lengthy piece examining the types of people Trump will bring in for his second White House, and it appears most of them will be dedicated loyalists such as Stephen Miller and Richard Grenell.

The most potentially dangerous place to have a potential Trump loyalist, however, would be the United States Department of Justice, as Trump has openly mused about using it to prosecute all of his political foes should he win a second term in office.

“The notion of the so-called independence of the Department of Justice needs to be consigned to the ash heap of history,” Paul Dans, a former Trump administration official who is now working with the Heritage Foundation to help make plans for Trump's second term, tells Coppins.

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In fact, notes Coppins, Dans and his allies at Heritage, "Are laying the groundwork for a radical politicization of the federal civilian workforce" where, "if they get their way, the next Republican president will sign an executive order eliminating civil-service protections for up to 50,000 federal workers, effectively making the people in these roles political appointees."

The result would be a federal government entirely devoted to carrying out Trump's orders without question, he said.