US EditionSchumer slams Trump pressure on Bondi: ‘Real threat to democracy’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warns that President Trump's Justice Department actions threaten legal impartiality and democratic checks by targeting political opponents, risking authoritarianism.
- On Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Schumer criticized President Trump for jeopardizing democratic principles by encouraging the Justice Department to target political rivals like Letitia James.
- Trump publicly urged Bondi this weekend to advance investigations against foes, claiming no actions were taken and emphasizing two standards of justice exist.
- Schumer warned this politicization undermines prosecutorial independence as many targets are innocent but face pressure as perceived enemies, threatening constitutional norms.
- Schumer told CNN that using the agency to target political opponents, regardless of their guilt, undermines justice and risks paving the way toward authoritarianism, while condemning Trump’s removal of officials who oppose his agenda.
- This conflict suggests increasing polarization around legal enforcement, prompting calls from Democrats and independents to oppose political vendettas within law enforcement.
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In the US, the democratic minority leader in the Senate, Schumer, has sharply criticized President Trump's policy. Schumer told CNN that Trump has now made the Ministry of Justice an instrument that persecutes the president's enemies - whether they are guilty or not.
The minority leader of the U.S. Senate Democrats, Chuck Schumer, sees the U.S. on the "Road to Dictatorship." Schumer said that President Donald Trump transformed the U.S. Department of Justice into an "instrument that persecutes its enemies, whether they are guilty or not." Schumer added to the channel CNN: "That's what dictatorships do." Trump called on Justice Minister Pam Bondi on Saturday in his online service Truth Social to take action ag…
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Schumer accuses Trump of abuse of justice. The trigger is a truth social post of the US president with pressure on Justice Secretary Bondi.
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Trump ramps up retribution campaign with push for Bondi to pursue cases against his foes
Eight months into his second term, President Donald Trump’s long-standing pledge to take on those he perceives as his political enemies has prompted debates over free speech, media censorship and political prosecutions.
Schumer, Trump’s DOJ Pressure Marks 'Path to Dictatorship' - American Faith
On Sunday’s edition of State of the Union, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused President Donald Trump of fostering a danger to democratic norms by urging the Department of Justice to bring legal actions against political opponents such as New York Attorney General Letitia James. Schumer said these demands threaten the DOJ’s role as a neutral civil service and argued that turning it into an arm of political retribution is the “path to a …
It is a new crack crossed by Donald Trump in the arm that opposes him to the American judicial system. Furious not to see the investigations launched against several of his political opponents move forward faster, the Republican president asks his minister to speed up the proceedings. And it is as usual on social networks that Donald Trump has passed the order.
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