Justice Department: President Trump assailed in biblical terms the “weaponization” of the Justice Department under his predecessor, Joseph R. Biden Jr., saying during a meandering speech in the Great Hall of the department’s headquarters that the law was used to punish the “innocent” and “reward the wicked.”
President Trump remarks at the Department of Justice – unedited video
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Whle President Trump was speaking at the Justice Department, the Senate started voting to clear the way for final passage of the Republican stopgap bill to avert a shutdown Saturday at 12:01 a.m. The vote is still open, but so far 10 Democrats have voted with Republicans to break a filibuster of the measure.
Reporting from the Justice Department
Trump’s speech ends with no major policy announcements. It served primarily as both a victory lap and public rebuke of everyone who once worked inside the Justice Department on the criminal cases against him.
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Reporting on the White House
Trump’s language aside, the aggregate of the four indictments against him bothered some of his sharpest critics, who didn’t think all of the cases were worth prosecuting a former president over.
Reporting from the Justice Department
Trump’s speech at the Great Hall of the Justice Department ends with the pumping drumbeat of “Y.M.C.A.” by the Village People.
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