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Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by mc32 on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @04:37PM (#29898350)
It’s a self sustaining bureaucracy that is disconnected from any particular administration. Administrations will, of course, set a particular tone.
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Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by notch656a on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @11:28AM (#29908816)
The DoJ is in federal executive branch. President is top of chain-of-command of executive branch. In fact, the constitution itself [0] states the [federal] executive power is vested in the president. Disconnect is probably not an accurate word to describe the relationship between DoJ and President.

[0] https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/arti...

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Re:U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic ... by mc32 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @01:37PM (#29911031)
True but the president can’t fire the whole department and hire a new one. They have enough trouble when the want to fire the USAG if the other party doesn’t want to see change.
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