Washington CNN —Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, falsely claimed Sunday that former President Donald Trump “didn’t go after his political opponents” during his presidency – an assertion that is contradicted by a mountain of evidence.
As president, Trump publicly and privately pressured the Justice Department, and others in his administration, to investigate or prosecute numerous political opponents.
Trump made extensive behind-the-scenes efforts to get his political opponents charged with crimes.
But you don’t have to rely on investigative reporting or the memoirs of former administration officials to know that Trump went after political opponents as president.
As CNN reporter Marshall Cohen has noted, there is a long list of political opponents whom Trump publicly called for the Justice Department and others to investigate or prosecute.
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