Posted on 01/20/25
| News Source: CNN
President Donald Trump issued two executive orders hours after taking office directing his Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to open broad investigations into Biden administration “censorship of free speech” or “weaponization” of law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Taken together, the two executive orders reflect Trump’s repeated promise during his campaign to go after we he viewed as improper efforts by Biden administration efforts to criminally pursue his allies or other conservatives.
But Trump himself has pledged to seek retribution on his own political opponents — and his pick for some top administration jobs signals that he plans to keep that a priority.
“The American people have witnessed the previous administration engage in a systematic campaign against its perceived political opponents, weaponizing the legal force of numerous Federal law enforcement agencies and the Intelligence Community against those perceived political opponents in the form of investigations, prosecutions, civil enforcement actions, and other related actions,” one of the executive orders read.