Vance and Trump may also be prosecuted under the Appropriations Rider – but can easily get around penalties, by restricting their propaganda to free or privately-funded propaganda. David Warrington, White House Counsel, advises Trump on legal and ethical matters. However, Russel Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, has repeatedly advised Trump to disregard legal restrictions. Plus, Trump has fired or replaced non-partisan DOJ employees with loyalists who are instructed to dismiss cases he disagrees with. “[I]t is highly unlikely the current Department of Justice will prosecute officials within the Trump administration no matter how flagrant the violation,” says Tim Whitehouse, attorney at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Again, by design.
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