The weaponization of our government has officially begun. Ever since he won the 2024 election, I have predicted that it was only a matter of time before Donald Trump used the full powers of the federal government to target his political opponents. Last night, time ran out.

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May 20, 2025

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The weaponization of our government has officially begun. Ever since he won the 2024 election, I have predicted that it was only a matter of time before Donald Trump used the full powers of the federal government to target his political opponents. Last night, time ran out.

In an oddly worded statement, the Department of Justice announced its first criminal prosecution of a political opponent. New Jersey’s Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, revealed she was charging Democratic Congresswoman LaMonica McIver with assault related to her recent visit to a federal immigration detention center.

On May 9, McIver and two other members of Congress were making a routine, lawful oversight visit to a federal facility when they were blocked by federal agents for several hours. At first, the government tried to demonize Newark’s mayor, Ras Baraka, who joined the members of Congress on the visit — threatening him with criminal trespass charges. While those charges have since been dropped, the Trump administration isn’t backing down. The crisis has now escalated…

Want to know what else the DOJ has up its sleeve? ([link removed] ) Marc dives into the other ways the Justice Department has already used its power to weaponize government for political gain, what might come next and what we need to do to stop it.

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