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[link removed] [[link removed]] John,

Over the past few months, we’ve watched something dangerous unfold: the Department of Justice’s leadership has caved to pressure from President Trump and begun weaponizing federal law enforcement against his perceived political enemies. The consequences — the unprecedented indictments of James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

As a former federal corruption prosecutor, my experience tells me that this is not, despite skeptics’ assertions, “the same thing that Democrats did to Trump.”

As I wrote about in my op-ed for The Hill — excerpted below — these prosecutions are different because of how they happened. and they deserve our attention and outrage.

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While prosecutions under other administrations were driven by the law and by significant evidence, these prosecutions followed Trump’s own calls for indictments.

Trump personally called for prosecutions on social media, declaring Comey and James “guilty as hell,” and urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to indict them. This was unprecedented, as presidents traditionally do not intervene in specific prosecutions .

Notably, President Biden steered clear of demanding Trump’s prosecution . Presidents traditionally avoid taking any position on specific prosecutions, which is vital to maintaining the public's faith that people are prosecuted only on the basis of the law, not political vendettas.

These prosecutions were also brought despite the determination of career professionals that there was not enough evidence to do so. To make them happen, Trump installed a loyalist, Lindsey Halligan, who had no prosecutorial experience, but moved to indict the cases.

This is in stark contrast to Jack Smith’s indictments of Trump, which followed in-depth investigations driven by career investigators and prosecutors.

John, these aren’t insignificant details. They’re the difference between a functioning democracy and a slip into authoritarianism.

If a president can decide which of his enemies he wants prosecuted and make it happen, then no one is safe. This is a clear and present danger to our country, and we cannot write it off as business as usual.

The good news is that these cases have faced setbacks and scrutiny—as they should. A judge ruled Halligan’s appointment unlawful on November 24th, which voided Comey and James’s indictments. And last week, a grand jury reportedly declined to re-indict James. These are encouraging developments, but they should never have been needed in the first place.

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Thanks for supporting CREW. Please read my op-ed below.

Noah Bookbinder
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The Comey and James indictments are far from business as usual
By Noah Bookbinder

With the indictments of perceived political enemies James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, President Trump has once again broken new ground, and not in a good way.

As a former federal corruption prosecutor, my experience tells me that this is very much not, despite skeptics’ assertions, “the same thing that Democrats did to Trump.” This is different — and deserving of attention and outrage — because of how the prosecutions occurred.

A Wednesday hearing in the Comey case suggests that prosecutors may have skirted rules and regular procedures, indicating both carelessness and a political vendetta.

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