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Nonilex<p>‼️ The chief of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> section, Corey Amundson, is also being removed from his post, acc/to people familiar…. The section oversees <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> &amp; investigations into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicOfficials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicOfficials</span></a>, &amp; its chief is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonpartisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonpartisan</span></a> career official, according to the Justice Department website.…</p><p>On Mon night, hours after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s inauguration, the DOJ removed at least 4 top ofcls from the part of the agency that operates the nation’s heavily backlogged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> courts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ConvictedFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConvictedFelon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> is already <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/claiming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>claiming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/electionfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electionfraud</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PublicOfficials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicOfficials</span></a> are '<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rattled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rattled</span></a>' by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/prosecution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prosecution</span></a> ahead of the 2024 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/trump-election-fraud-claims-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theweek.com/politics/trump-ele</span><span class="invisible">ction-fraud-claims-2024</span></a></p>
Magpieblog<p>' Almost one in 10 state legislators reported that they had been intimidated by a person wielding a weapon. Many others faced death threats ...</p><p>The abuse is often directly related to the policy positions that elected individuals have adopted over contentious issues such as gun control and abortion. That in turn is having a withering impact on the democratic process, the Brennan Center warns. '</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PublicOfficials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicOfficials</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/25/us-legislators-elected-officials-abortion-gun-control?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2024/j</span><span class="invisible">an/25/us-legislators-elected-officials-abortion-gun-control?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Threats against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicServants</span></a> are not only <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a>, but also a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threat</span></a> against our <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democratic</span></a> process,” said Keri Farley, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATL</span></a> office.<br>
A rpt by the BDI at Princeton said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicOfficials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicOfficials</span></a> across the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> spectrum &amp; from different areas think twice before running for office due to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a>. Local ofcls are largely defenseless, &amp; one respondent said there seems to be a “new level of permission to be publicly vile.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PermissionStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PermissionStructure</span></a></p>