Thursday, April 10, 2025

Trump Deploys Justice Dept. to Scrutinize Ex-Officials and Perceived Foes

 Trump Deploys Justice Dept. to Scrutinize Ex-Officials and Perceived Foes - The New York Times

A presidential decree instructing the Justice Department to scrutinize whether a former official broke the law crosses a new line.

Christopher Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, during a Senate hearing in the first Trump administration. Mr. Krebs has contradicted widely debunked claims that Mr. Trump lost the 2020 election because electronic voting machines were compromised. Credit...Amr Alfiky for The New York Times