The list of establishment officials weaponizing the law to advance destructive policies is long, but a few stand out, ranging from career bureaucrats and corrupt prosecutors to former elected officials.
christopher ray
The former FBI director recently resigned to avoid being fired by President-elect Donald Trump. Trump’s nominee, Wray, quickly lost support from the president.
President Trump: “Christopher Wray’s resignation is a great day for America because it brings an end to the weaponization of the organization known as the United States Office of Fraud.” declared In real social.
After Trump’s first assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Wray told Congress there was “some question” about whether “a bullet or shrapnel” hit Trump. said. The FBI later confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation that a bullet struck Trump.
Watch: 8+ minutes of Chris Ray getting grilled @mattgaetz, @RepThomasMasieand @HawleyMO About some of the biggest controversies that occurred under his watch. pic.twitter.com/6Hniq9iCUE
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) December 23, 2024
Mr. Wray also spearheaded a raid on Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in 2023 over a classified documents case that was dismissed because of the illegal appointment of special counsel Jack Smith.
“He broke into my house, and I’m going to sue the country for this,” Trump said in an interview with NBC’s Kristin Walker. (Related: Deep state officials opposed to Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination have close ties to defense contractors and censorship tools)
Wray was criticized for his handling of the investigation into Hunter Biden’s business dealings, including refusing to acknowledge the authenticity of Biden’s laptop.
He also testified that the FBI met with Big Tech to potentially censor content, and a former Twitter executive told the Federal Election Commission that FBI agents suspected Hunter Biden was “Russian hacking.” He said he has notified Twitter that he may be the target of an “operation.” This was right before Twitter censored the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop article.
Additionally, Wray previously refused to tell Congress the number of confidential human sources (CHS) as of January 6th. A report from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General found that there were 26 CHSs.
merrick garland
Attorney General Merrick Garland has overseen oversight of school board parents and armed legal action against pro-life activists, meme makers, January 6th defendants, and Trump.
The FBI has reportedly searched the homes of pro-life activists and punished whistleblowers, and is part of the Justice Department. Garland told Congress that there will be more prosecutions of pro-life activists in 2023 because many of the protesters are seen during the day, making it “very easy.”
Merrick Garland, who hides his superior’s recorded interview about mishandling of classified documents, tells Congress he is above the law. https://t.co/4HWWnvbud9
— Molly (@MZHemingway) June 12, 2024
Garland’s Justice Department sought harsh sentences for the defendants on January 6th. But the Justice Department recommended a shorter prison sentence for the man who assaulted Minnesota Democratic Rep. Angie Craig than some nonviolent Jan. 6 defendants.
The Justice Department also jailed pro-Trump meme maker Douglas McKee on charges of “election misinformation,” but appeared to ignore left-wing groups that sent text messages to voters falsely claiming they had already voted. .
Additionally, the Justice Department has uniquely weaponized a Reconstruction-era law, the Conspiracy Against Rights Act, to target conservatives and increase their sentences.
Alejandro Mayorkas
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who oversees record levels of illegal immigration at the southern border, was impeached by the House of Representatives in February.
According to the article, he was charged with “deliberate and systematic refusal to comply with the law” and “breach of public trust.” impeachment.
The Biden-Harris administration lost “more than 330,000 children” at the border, according to former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf. New York Times report, February 2023 revealed At least 85,000 children in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) are missing.
breaking news: @HawleyMO Homeland Security Investigations special agents have been pulled from child trafficking and fentanyl investigations to babysit Biden and Mayorkas’ southern border raids, officials confirmed. pic.twitter.com/qMzTFRF9fd
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) October 31, 2023
Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, and Jocelyn Nangarei were allegedly killed by illegal aliens during the Biden-Harris administration. Approximately 8.5 million migrants were encountered at the southern border during the four fiscal years of the Biden-Harris administration, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data.
President Biden-Harris also inaugurated Welcome Corpse, A refugee sponsorship program that works with immigrant non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In June, the administration granted Temporary Protected Status to: 300,000 Haitians faced backlash after the town of Springfield, Ohio, was flooded with immigrants. (Related: ‘What’s changed?’: Republican senators press Mayorkas on why he uses ‘crisis’ to describe southern border)
Incoming border czar Tom Homan told Tucker Carlson that he had a “fall out” with Mayorkas over Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) policy on transgender people in custody. He said Mayorkas “ordered” him to sign a memorandum on the treatment of transgender people in ICE custody.
Mayorkas has defended the Biden administration’s border policies, but ultimately acknowledged the situation at the border is a “crisis.”
liz cheney
Cheney, who was vice chair of the House Select Committee on January 6, approved Harris was her presidential candidate, but she stumbled on the campaign trail.
she used to slammed Kamala Harris is a “radical liberal” and deemed her voting record “to the left of Bernie Sanders.” But Cheney’s support may actually have helped Trump win Michigan, a key battleground state. (Related: ‘National security’ officials who supported Harris have ties to Intel agencies and defense contractors)
Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (C) speaks with former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) at the Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield, Wisconsin, on October 21, 2024. We also held an election campaign event. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Georgia Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk, chairman of the House Administration Committee Oversight Subcommittee, released a report on January 6 that included several “criminal recommendations” against Cheney.
The report is released In December, Cheney accused Cheney of colluding with Cassidy Hutchinson, a key witness at the Jan. 6 commission, without Hutchinson’s attorney’s knowledge. He also said Cheney should be investigated for “possible criminal witness tampering.”
“Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney used the January 6th Special Committee as a vehicle to attack President Trump, at the expense of the integrity of the investigation and the security of the Capitol,” the press release said.
Cheney also compared President Trump to a “dictator” after accusing him of being a “radical war hawk” who doesn’t want to serve on the front lines. Perhaps most disingenuously, he furthered the lie that President Trump wanted him “shot” for being too pro-war.
Dr. Anthony Fauci
Despite his retirement from public service, Americans have not forgotten Fauci’s enthusiasm for strict COVID-19 restrictions.
He admitted in Parliament in January that social distancing rules “kind of just emerged” during the pandemic.
“Dr. Fauci asserted that the ‘six-foot-apart’ social distancing recommendation promoted by federal health officials is likely not based on any data,” according to a special report on the coronavirus pandemic. the committee tweeted.
✔️Dr. Fauci argued that the social distancing recommendations of “six feet apart” promoted by federal health officials are likely not based on any data.
“It just kind of came out.”
— Selective Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (@COVIDSelect) January 10, 2024
Fauci bemoaned Republicans’ tough questioning during his June testimony and accused the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution of being a barrier to censoring criticism directed at him.
Two Chinese vaccine makers paid royalties to Fauci’s former agency, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), during fiscal years 2022 and 2023, according to Open the Books records.
The public health watchdog has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for refusing to release communications about Fauci’s potential vaccine fees.
Fauci has also come under fire for horrific animal experiments funded by his former agency.
The White Coat Waste Project (WCWP) first reported in the Daily Caller in 2024 that the Biden administration knew that Fauci’s agency had lied to cover up cruel taxpayer-funded experiments on beagles. reported. (Exclusive: Tucker Carlson Network partners with award-winning director for new film exposing Fauci)
Honorable Mention: Fani Willis and Alvin Bragg
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was a central figure in the legal attack against Trump.
But her efforts raised eyebrows after a lawyer for Trump co-defendant Michael Roman claimed that Willis had a romantic relationship with special counsel Nathan Wade. It became.
Attorney Ashley Merchant filed a motion in January alleging that Mr. Willis received a financial benefit from appointing Mr. Wade. The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled in December that Willis is disqualified from filing a lawsuit against the president-elect.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference following former President Donald Trump’s conviction in the hush money trial in New York City on May 30, 2024. (Photo by Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has prosecuted Daniel Penny, a retired Marine who was acquitted of manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely. Penny could face 15 years in prison.
When Mr. Bragg wasn’t prosecuting the veteran who protected subway passengers from an erratic homeless man, he was prosecuting Mr. Trump. Mr. Bragg was convicted of 34 felonies related to Mr. Trump. suspicion He claimed to have falsified New York business records to “taint the 2016 election.”