Week 5: The Law Is Loyalty Now

How the DOJ Was Rewired in 100 Days

🗓️ Week 5: The Law Is Loyalty Now

*By Cyberluzie | Trumped Out: A Diary of American Madness

Justice is supposed to be blind. In early 2025, it was rebranded.

From the moment Trump retook the presidency, the Department of Justice (DOJ) was reshaped not to enforce the law, but to reflect loyalty. Key officials were removed, prosecutions were halted, and new directives turned the DOJ into a presidential instrument, targeting critics, protecting allies, and reversing decades of precedent.

Here’s how the legal system was restructured by design.

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🔹 TIMELINE OF POLICY MOVES

January 20
→ EO 14160: “Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government”

• Instructed DOJ, FBI, and intelligence agencies to cease “politically motivated enforcement”

• Ordered a review of all pending investigations against Trump allies and associates

January 21
→ Leadership Overhaul

• Attorney General Merrick Garland resigned

• Pam Bondi installed as Acting Attorney General

• Harmeet Dhillon appointed to lead the Civil Rights Division

February 10
→ EO: “Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Enforcement”

• 180-day freeze on new FCPA investigations

• Suspended enforcement of foreign bribery laws pending review

March 14
→ EO: “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy”

• Ordered federal agencies to streamline and remove “redundant oversight bodies”

• Triggered layoffs and office closures within DOJ inspector general units

April 28
→ EO: “Strengthening Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocents”

• Expanded protections for police officers

• Authorised increased federal military support for local law enforcement operations

• Directed DOJ to prioritise “anti-American protest threats”

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🔹 INSTITUTIONAL IMPACT

Department of Justice (DOJ)

• Shifted enforcement from civil rights to election integrity and border enforcement

• Paused or closed investigations tied to campaign finance, classified documents, and obstruction cases

• Created new “Office of Honest Elections” focused on voter roll audits and prosecutions

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

• The director remained in place, but key deputies were removed

• Redirected to support administration initiatives on the border, antifa, and “activist subversion”

• Whistleblower complaints doubled within the first 100 days

Civil Rights Division

• Stopped the enforcement of disparate impact cases

• Rolled back consent decrees with police departments

• Ended LGBTQ+ civil rights investigations

Office of Special Counsel (OSC)

• Budget frozen pending performance review

• No replacement appointed after multiple senior departures

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🔹 LEGAL STRATEGY: TARGET & SHIELD

• Trump’s legal team publicly named and criticised attorneys who filed past lawsuits against him.

• Memoranda from the White House counsel’s office accused named law firms of “institutional election interference.”

• The administration accumulated over $100 million in unpaid legal fees, covered in part by “volunteer agreements” with firms seeking influence.

• DOJ prosecutors were allegedly instructed to review cases involving high-profile journalists and professors for “evidence of foreign collaboration.”

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🔹 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• DOJ’s leadership was reshaped within 24 hours.

• Civil rights enforcement was paused, narrowed, or reversed.

• Legal targets shifted from corruption to dissent.

• Legal interpretation is centralised under the White House influence.

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