If Trump Wins, Could He Really Use the Justice Department to Jail His Rivals? One of the most powerful appointees within the Justice Department is the director of the F.B.I., who ordinarily serves a 10-year term. He would be limited to a pool of senior Justice Department employees and Senate-confirmed officials, but still…. Even if Trump has installed loyalists at the top levels of the Justice Department, F.B.I. If the public comes to see the Justice Department as compromised, will witnesses and informants continue to cooperate?

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Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Biden, weaponizing, Harris, Trump, Richard Nixon, Christopher Wray, James Comey, …, Joe Biden, —, Peter Keisler, George W, Bush, “, Hillary Clinton, Aileen Cannon, Jack Smith, Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Robert Jackson Organizations: Trump, Department, Justice Department, Loyalists, Republicans, Senate, Power, White, Heritage Foundation, Federal, Justice, Prosecutors, Republican, 11th Circuits, Capitol Locations: U.S, Texas, Florida, America