Originally published at: A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime
This story first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The Trump administration has launched a major reorganization of the U.S. fight against drug traffickers and other transnational criminal groups, setting out a strategy that would…
Battling the true criminals in the war on drugs is what the administration SHOULD be doing. I hope they have some degree of success but historically the war hasn’t gone well.
Prohibition was an abject failure. The “War on Drugs” has been pretty much the same thing. You can’t stop adults from indulging in potentially dangerous habits. Minors and those incapable of making rational decisions? Of course…
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The Trumped-Up Admin, does it again. They’ve decided to reinvent an agency that already exists. And DonOLD and his spoxs insist that no one has ever thought do going after cartels, smugglers, and other aspects of international organized crime.
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Sounds like a great way for the Lunatic in Chief to collect funds directly from the drug cartels so they can avoid prosecution.
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“But you won’t have neutral prosecutors weighing the facts and making decisions about who to investigate,” he added of the task force plan. “The White House will be able to decide.”
Can its beak be wet?
h/t @guineapig
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It’s going to be quite something when all of their investigative trails lead back to themselves.
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New Anti-Crime Agency headed by a criminal . Miller gets his first SS division.
That’s why they don’t any lawyers involved.
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To MAGA, the most dangerous organized-crime is the Democratic Party.
The only reason the Trump government would ‘fight’ organized crime is that organized crime isn’t giving a big enough cut to Trump.