{"id":2497064,"date":"2025-10-09T14:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rampant-doj-insurrection-should-lead-to-massive-housecleaning\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T14:25:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:25:32","slug":"rampant-doj-insurrection-should-lead-to-massive-housecleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rampant-doj-insurrection-should-lead-to-massive-housecleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Rampant DOJ Insurrection Should Lead To Massive Housecleaning"},"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\">16<\/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%2Frampant-doj-insurrection-should-lead-to-massive-housecleaning%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=2497064&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 article discusses recent controversies involving federal prosecutors in two key U.S. districts: the Southern district of New York (SDNY) and the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA). It begins by recalling a recent incident in SDNY, were prosecutors defied orders from higher authorities, including the Department of Justice leadership, by refusing to drop charges against new York City Mayor Eric Adams. This was seen as a challenge to presidential authority.<\/p>\n<p>The focus then shifts to EDVA, where former FBI Director James Comey was indicted on charges related to alleged false statements and obstruction connected to his 2020 Senate testimony about the FBI&#8217;s examination into President Trump. The indictment caused outrage among some Justice Department officials, who responded with media leaks and criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has taken a firm stance in managing these cases, including recruiting outside prosecutors to handle the Comey case amid reluctance within EDVA. The article also highlights legal troubles facing New York Attorney General Letitia James, who obtained a large civil judgment against Trump but now faces allegations of mortgage fraud. Reports suggest some EDVA prosecutors may refuse to prosecute James despite Halligan&#8217;s position.<\/p>\n<p>The article strongly condemns leaks from within the prosecutors&#8217; offices, emphasizing that such behavior undermines justice. It mentions the firing of two former EDVA prosecutors, Maya Song and Michael Ben&#8217;Ary, the latter having reportedly sent unfriendly messages about Halligan and President Trump, though the texts&#8217; authenticity is disputed.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the piece asserts that the notion of an independant Justice Department is a myth; federal prosecutors are accountable to the president and Department of Justice leadership. It describes EDVA as plagued by leaks and politicization and calls for an overhaul with new personnel to restore proper justice management. The article is authored by Mike Davis,founder of the Article III Project.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A few months ago, some rogue prosecutors in the Southern District of New York decided that they could turn it into the Sovereign District of New York. These bureaucrats did not understand that they worked for the president, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes ... to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-lin-wood-defends-ag-bill-barr-after-announces-he-is-stepping-down-trump-voters-respond\/\" title=\"Attorney Lin Wood Defends AG Bill Barr After Announces He Is Stepping Down \u2014 ... Voters Respond\">deputy attorney general<\/a>. The kerfuffle arose out of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/14\/nyregion\/eric-adams-drop-charges-sdny.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refusal<\/a> to drop the suspect indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams after Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, now a federal judge on the 3rd Circuit, had ordered them to do so. <\/p>\n<p>These megalomaniacal bureaucrats wrote letters of refusal and resignation, including one from Acting United States Attorney Danielle Sassoon. The Adams episode should have taught federal prosecutors a crystal clear lesson: The president is in charge.<\/p>\n<p>This lesson apparently has not filtered down to some of the prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia. Like the Southern District of New York, this district &mdash; directly across the Potomac River from our nation&rsquo;s capital and home to some of the wealthiest zip codes in America &mdash; is a prime assignment for federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Former FBI Director James Comey is now facing accountability for his years of misconduct. A grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia (part of the Eastern District), indicted him on two counts: obstruction and false statements to Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/09\/25\/james-comey-charges-indictment-00581501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">based<\/a> on his September 2020 testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee about the FBI&rsquo;s &ldquo;Crossfire Hurricane&rdquo; lawfare investigation against President Trump. The grand jury <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/25\/politics\/james-comey-justice-department-trump-bondi-perjury-virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rejected<\/a> a third count of perjury against Comey, showing that grand jurors were not rubber stamps.<\/p>\n<p>This indictment sparked outrage among so-called career officials at the Justice Department. Many voiced their fury through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/news\/trump-james-comey-indictment-us-attorney-lindsey-halligan-rcna233853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">media leaks<\/a>, primarily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/news\/james-comey-indictment-congress-fbi-director-rcna233691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">using<\/a> NBC&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2014\/09\/04\/former-l-times-reporter-cleared-stories-cia-publication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">controversial reporter Ken Dilanian<\/a> as their conduit to the public. The indictment occurred thanks to the stellar leadership of Acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan.<\/p>\n<p>Halligan has shown in her brief time in charge that she will not tolerate any guff. According to reports, prosecutors in the Eastern District do not want to try Comey, so Halligan is <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/doj-adds-2-state-attorneys-comey-case-ahead\/story?id=126306467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recruiting<\/a> prosecutors from other districts for the task. Officials are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/federal-probe-trump-foe-letitia-james-hits-standstill-law-enforcement-rcna232047\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leaking<\/a> to the media regarding another case: that of New York Attorney General Letitia James. James campaigned on waging lawfare against President Trump, and she kept her promise. <\/p>\n<p>She brought a civil claim based on a novel theory of fraud in a case concerning the obtaining of loans from sophisticated banks. The banks never claimed to be scam victims, and all received timely payments with interest. Still, James obtained a nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >half-billion-dollar civil judgment<\/a> against President Trump. A New York appeals court recently threw out the money damages and squelched James&rsquo; fantasies of seizing President Trump&rsquo;s buildings, including her top prize &mdash; the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street.<\/p>\n<p>Now, James finds herself in legal jeopardy. She allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/5252544-fhfa-criminal-referral-justice-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">listed<\/a> a secondary residence in Virginia as her primary residence. Under New York law, James must reside in New York as part of her job. She also allegedly listed a lower number of units on a building she owns. Both alleged misstatements occurred in order for her to receive a lower mortgage rate; in other words, James allegedly committed mortgage fraud. According to media leaks, a career prosecutor in the Eastern District <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/news\/top-prosecutor-trump-pressure-charge-new-york-ag-rcna235922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indicated<\/a> that she will decline to prosecute James regardless of Halligan&rsquo;s view of the case. It is unclear if this career prosecutor was the one who leaked to the media.<\/p>\n<p>Halligan must fire all leakers. There is no place for such traitors in government, much less in a prosecutor&rsquo;s office. Halligan already has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/doj-fires-prosecutors-virginia-office-that-charged-comey-maya-song-michael-benari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fired<\/a> two top former Eastern District prosecutors: Maya Song and Michael Ben&rsquo;Ary. Ben&rsquo;Ary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/10\/03\/politics\/fired-federal-prosecutor-michael-benary-virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">penned<\/a> a sanctimonious op-ed bemoaning his firing, but recently revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mrddmia\/status\/1975582444280561750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">text messages<\/a> allegedly from Ben&rsquo;Ary plainly show that Halligan&rsquo;s decision was correct. The texts say&nbsp;Ben&rsquo;Ary wanted to &ldquo;strangle that bitch,&rdquo; referring to Halligan.&nbsp;They also indicated&nbsp;hopes Halligan and President Trump would die. Finally,&nbsp;the texts also ask&nbsp;a current prosecutor to monitor goings-on in the Eastern District, ensuring that it will remain independent from influence by President Trump, who has expressed concerns over the failure to prosecute James.&nbsp;(Ben&rsquo;Ary&rsquo;s attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2025\/10\/fired-eastern-district-virginia-prosecutor-michael-benary-denies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disputes<\/a> the authenticity of the texts.)<\/p>\n<p>The Adams lesson bears repeating. Prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia, like those in the Southern District of New York, are not independent. The post-Watergate myth of the so-called independent Justice Department is constitutional nonsense. Article II of the Constitution vests the executive power in a president &mdash; currently President Trump. Attorney General Pam Bondi reports to President Trump. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche reports to Bondi. These self-proclaimed independent prosecutors are accountable to the elected president and his Senate-confirmed subordinates, though the prosecutors are seemingly blind to that reality.<\/p>\n<p>The Eastern District of Virginia is a leak-infested cesspool. If Ben&rsquo;Ary is anything resembling a representation of that office, the Eastern District is in dire trouble. The administration should bring in fresh prosecutors to remove the stench of politicization that has infested the Eastern District. Only then can justice have a chance of prevailing.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Mike Davis is the founder and president of the Article III Project.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rogue SDNY prosecutors defied orders, ignoring authority<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1587,"featured_media":2497065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DOJbldg.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7076,44953,64903,52193,32793],"class_list":["post-2497064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-doj","tag-government-reform","tag-housecleaning","tag-insurrection-2","tag-political-accountability"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DOJbldg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1587"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2497064"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2497068,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497064\/revisions\/2497068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2497065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2497064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2497064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}