{"id":1597273,"date":"2022-08-09T15:48:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T19:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1597273"},"modified":"2022-08-09T15:48:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T19:48:22","slug":"weaponized-doj-undermines-citizens-faith-in-american-institutions-rep-mike-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weaponized-doj-undermines-citizens-faith-in-american-institutions-rep-mike-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Weaponized\u2019 DOJ Undermines Citizens\u2019 Faith in American Institutions: Rep. Mike Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fweaponized-doj-undermines-citizens-faith-in-american-institutions-rep-mike-johnson%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1597273&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The news about the FBI\u2019s raid of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s Mar-a-Lago property rung vivid imageries of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu in the mind of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.). It is a replay of what Johnson saw as a member of the defense during U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s 2019 impeachment trial.<\/p>\n<p>But in Johnson\u2019s eyes, the issue is bigger than Trump, Mar-a-Lago, and politics in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cweaponized\u201d Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Biden administration today, Johnson said in an interview with The Epoch Times, is attacking the foundational \u201cpillars\u201d upon which the greatest Constitutional Republic was built and undermining American citizens\u2019 faith in the nation\u2019s institutions.<\/p>\n<p>By design, the American justice system \u201cis a bulwark against tyranny,\u201d Johnson said during an interview at an America First Policy Institute (AFPI) <a href=\"https:\/\/americafirstpolicy.com\/latest\/america-first-agenda-program-overview\">event<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if the Department of Justice, for example, is weaponized for political purposes\u2014which is what we\u2019re seeing right now in the Biden ministration\u2014that jeopardizes that foundational pillar itself,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>As a part of the House Judiciary Committee, which provides oversight over the DOJ, Johnson censured several episodes of the said weaponization of federal institutions and procedures; including the <a href=\"https:\/\/mikejohnson.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=640\">attempted impeachment<\/a> of former president Donald Trump in 2019, the DOJ\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mikejohnson.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1057\">alleged long-arm targeting<\/a> of parents protesting against progressive Critical Race Theory at school board meetings, and the Jan. 6 hearings that he called the \u201cthird impeachment of Donald Trump\u201d in a June <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nMjEUabMT44\">interview with Newsmax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Congress Power \u2018Ursuped\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s happened is the legislative branch has had its constitutional authority usurped by the other branches,\u201d Johnson told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve had activist judges for decades that had been advancing public policy from the bench. You\u2019ve had an executive branch that is willingly taking the power away from Congress, because some members, I suppose, didn\u2019t want to take tough votes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news about the FBI\u2019s raid of former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago property rung vivid imageries of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu in the mind of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.). It is a replay of what Johnson saw as a member of the defense during U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s 2019 impeachment trial. 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