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2025-02-04 Government Corruption
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Daniel Penny case: Could Trump DOJ investigate possible 'weaponization' in subway trial?
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[FoxNews] Trump's new DOJ aims to shield Americans from government overreach in new executive orders
President Donald Trump has vowed to end what he has called the "weaponization" of the United States’ government – starting with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of Marine veteran Daniel Penny.
Shortly after returning to the White House, Trump signed a pair of executive orders pledging to protect citizens from unjust prosecution and end federal censorship, while directing his administration to investigate previous actions by federal agencies under the Biden presidency.
"These actions appear oriented more toward inflicting political pain than toward pursuing actual justice or legitimate governmental objectives," Trump wrote in the order titled "Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government."
The orders aim to shield Americans from government officials looking to potentially flex prosecutorial authority and could employ the same legal principle used by the Biden administration to investigate political adversaries.
"The prior administration and allies throughout the country engaged in an unprecedented, third-world weaponization of prosecutorial power to upend the democratic process," the order states.
Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo wrote in an opinion piece, published in the New York Post, that Trump's executive orders will protect individuals from costly and publicly humiliating court cases brought on by prosecutors to shoehorn a specific narrative.
"Much of the effort to end lawfare will focus, as it should, on the Democrats’ use of federal and state prosecution to cripple candidate Trump," Yoo wrote. "But the Trump Justice Department must also counter the misuse of prosecutorial authority against people with far less resources and fame."
Penny’s indictment and subsequent acquittal by a New York City grand jury is a prime example of government overreach, Yoo noted.
Bragg brought charges against Penny for the 2023 chokehold death of Jordan Neely on the city’s subway system. Penny – who stepped in as Neely was threatening passengers – was found not guilty last year of criminally negligent homicide. Prosecutors previously dropped the top charge, second-degree manslaughter, after jurors could not agree on that count.
Yoo said Penny's indictment was unnecessary and set a dangerous precedent of government officials targeting citizens to make a political statement. 
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