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You think Biden weaponized the government? Let's check in on Trump.

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03.06.2026

President Donald Trump is proving to be the POTUS he has accused Joe Biden of being and scared Americans into thinking Kamala Harris would be. If only his Make America Great Again disciples could recognize that.

On May 28, a CNN story revealed that Trump’s Department of Justice had launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, a former Elle advice columnist who has accused the president of sexually assaulting her in a New York City department store three decades ago.

Carroll, who won two lawsuits against Trump, is now being investigated for perjury related to her 2022 deposition statement, in which she claimed that she did not receive any outside funding to help pay her legal costs. 

Does Trump remind you of anything? Perhaps what he said about Biden?

It’s starting to look vaguely familiar – almost like he’s doing the exact same things he has accused Biden of doing. Trump and his supporters lament “lawfare” wielded by the executive branch under his predecessor’s tenure, even attempting to set up a fund for people who believe they are victims of government weaponization.

Yet here he is, going after people he disagrees with. Only he's doing it systemically, with so far, zero success in the court system that Trump emerged from as a felon.

For a bonus, he even wanted to use government money to reward his supporters, who MAGA believes were targeted by Biden. This includes the people who stormed the Capitol in Trump's........

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