Source: Racket News
by Matt Taibbi
“Prior to 2025, status quo figures openly praised lawfare tactics and embraced everything from politicized prosecutions to ballot-blocking campaigns on the grounds that extreme measures may be needed to ‘save democracy’ from the likes of Trump. Lawfare in the context of Trump became a celebrated word, connoting ‘hard national security choices’ an enlightened institutional vanguard might need to make to save us. … In power, Trump has shifted his narrative on lawfare. … In July of 2024, Trump operatives in Milwaukee held discussions that resulted in making a promise to ‘end the weaponization of government against the American people’ a main element of his 15-page platform. … Months into the new presidency, however, it’s clear officials in a White House led by a man who’d likely be in jail if he didn’t just win an election feel they’re still at war.” (05/16/25)