'Stunning': Lawyer for J6 defendant says Trump pushing 'retribution' on a scale never seen

An attorney who represented a January 6 defendant with ties to the Oath Keepers is shocked by President Donald Trump's rapid-fire assault on the civil service and particularly the Justice Department and FBI, reported Politico — and said he is doing far more to weaponize the justice system than anything his political opponents supposedly did. After facing criminal prosecution, Trump and his allies wasted no time in a mass firing of career prosecutors who worked under special counsel Jack Smith — and are now moving to purge FBI agents involved in Trump and cases as well. What we are now experiencing is his answer to the witch hunt, which is much worse.” This comes amid a much broader move to completely remake the civil service in Trump's image, with tech billionaire Elon Musk gaining access to the Treasury Department payments system and recommending the dismantling of various independent agencies — all of which, Politico noted, is likely to lead to intense legal challenges that will pare back much of Trump's initial aggressive agenda. Former FBI adviser and attorney Daniel Richman told Politico, “Federal employees around the country are surely feeling Trump’s orders as body blows, as he likely intended.