Takeaways from Donald Trump's airing of grievances at the Justice Department

[Dulcinea]

(CNN) President Donald Trump excoriated the Justice Department prosecutors who investigated him and vowed to use it to target his own enemies in a campaign-style speech at the department’s historic Great Hall on Friday.

The hourlong speech served as both a victory lap for beating the two federal criminal cases brought against him by the Biden administration, and as a condemnation against any officials – some of whom have been fired from the DOJ – who touched those cases.

Trump is a departure from how previous presidents have dealt with the Justice Department. White Houses in the past have typically limited interactions with the department so that its work would not appear political. Trump, however, on Friday proclaimed himself the “chief law enforcement officer in our country” – a title traditionally used to refer to the attorney general.

While presidents have given speeches on law enforcement efforts and related policies at the Justice Department, Trump’s public airing of grievances was unprecedented. He took the opportunity to instead criticize the courts, rail against both his political enemies and the media, and threaten retribution.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/14/politics/justice-department-trump-speech-takeaways/index.html

[Lonestarblue]

1. We no longer have a Department of Justice because their focus is not justice and law enforcement.

It is intimidation in support of a tyrant and thus should be called the Department of Gestapo Law.

[Lovie777]

3. K & R.............

[dweller]

2. Just another maga rally

That’s all the Pisswig wants to do , hold rallies of his adoring fans where he can bloviate upon his magnificent works and deeds.





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[underpants]

4. No mention of his parking lot lawyer? The DOGE print of this quote is off the charts

“Unfortunately, in recent years, a corrupt group of hacks and radicals within the ranks of the American government obliterated the trust and good will built up over generations.”

[underpants]

5. "Groceries" is an old fashioned term

Link to tweet

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[Wiz Imp]

8. I said the first time he used the word groceries during the campaign that it was

clear he had no idea what the word meant and somebody just told him (so of course when he learns something new, he immediately thinks he's the only person in the world that knows that so he thinks the people he is talking to don't know the meaning of the word because he didn't)

[underpants]

9. Yep

Trump: I won on groceries. Very simple word, groceries. Like almost, you know, who uses the word. I started using the word. The groceries. When you buy apples, when you buy bacon, when you buy eggs, they would double and triple the price over a short period of time.

Link to tweet

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[LymphocyteLover]

6. We have a criminal psychopath in charge of the justice department-- god help us

[Wiz Imp]

7. Small Technicality but...

Trump didn't "beat the two federal criminal cases brought against him by the Biden administration". He ran out the clock on them, so they were dismissed but they can be refiled in the future.