{"id":139209,"date":"2025-12-17T17:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T01:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/17\/in-2025-trumps-justice-department-was-fodder-for-an-endless-parade-of-legal-blunders-and-public-embarrassment\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T17:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T01:08:08","slug":"in-2025-trumps-justice-department-was-fodder-for-an-endless-parade-of-legal-blunders-and-public-embarrassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/17\/in-2025-trumps-justice-department-was-fodder-for-an-endless-parade-of-legal-blunders-and-public-embarrassment\/","title":{"rendered":"In 2025, Trump\u2019s Justice Department Was Fodder For An Endless Parade Of Legal Blunders And Public Embarrassment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

They shoot first, they aim later, and even then, they miss. Because there is no wall between the White House and the Justice Department in terms of interaction and political process, this is what happens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i> Gene Rossi, a former prosecutor, in comments given to Reuters<\/a>, concerning the Trump Justice Department\u2019s many, many missteps over the course of the past year.<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post In 2025, Trump\u2019s Justice Department Was Fodder For An Endless Parade Of Legal Blunders And Public Embarrassment<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

They shoot first, they aim later, and even then, they miss. Because there is no wall between the White House and the Justice Department in terms of interaction and political process, this is what happens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i> Gene Rossi, a former prosecutor, in comments given to Reuters<\/a>, concerning the Trump Justice Department\u2019s many, many missteps over the course of the past year.<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. They shoot first, they aim later, and even then, they miss. Because there is no wall between the White House and the Justice Department in terms of interaction and political process, this is what happens. \u2014 Gene Rossi, a former prosecutor, in comments given […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":139210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Staci-Zaretsky-v7kBL0.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}