Lawfare has been a big topic lately since Trump has brought it up to defend against all of his court cases during his presidential run this year. One worry that I had about Trump was that he'd respond with retaliation by directing the DOJ to investigate those that investigated him. During one interview, he responded by saying those on the Jan. 6 committee (Congress members who looked into the Jan. 6 insurrection) should be in jail for deleting evidence. When pressed, he says he wouldn't direct DOJ on what to do beyond just looking into it. Here's some reporting on that:


Trump's full response from the above video.. at minute marks 45:25 to 49:30

I know some of this will boil down to opinion since we're talking about things that have not happened yet, but lets discuss still.

To discuss:
1. Is it reasonable to believe that Trump will weaponize the Justice Department to go after his political enemies?
2. What are all the things that make you believe so or that makes you believe that he won't?
3. Is there a way that we can fix this issue of weaponizing justice in politics? Or do you think it's a problem without a solution?
 
I believe the DOJ should investigate ALL illegal activity. If Trump's "enemies" broke the law, then they should be prosecuted. This isn't retaliation but upholding the rule of law. Regardless of party afflation, promoting false dossiers, attacking a candidate through lawfare, and spying on his/her campaign is plain wrong. If these things happened (and I believe they did) those responsible should be held accountable.
 
I believe the DOJ should investigate ALL illegal activity.
Yes, that's a good point. Some times it just seems as though they are fishing for information without any probable cause. Imagine the investigators go in looking for some bad dealings, or use that as a pretense to snoop around on everything else. They keep looking until they find something, even if unrelated, that they can use to build a case to prosecute. That's what I feel Trump and others mean when they say the DOJ is being weaponized. I think you're probably bound to find something on anyone if you cast a wide enough net.
 
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Maybe the reverse of lawfare, not prosecuting what you'd ordinarily would prosecute for (perhaps because the person is too powerful) can also be at play?

breaking news just in...
A Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting the case against President-elect Donald Trump and his alleged co-conspirators over charges of 2020 election subversion.
The appeals court found that Willis’ office can’t prosecute the case, so a new special prosecutor would need to be appointed for the case to continue.

The appeals court found that a “significant appearance of impropriety” was enough to potentially taint the case in the public eye. The appellate court decided, however, it wouldn’t dismiss the sprawling racketeering conspiracy case entirely.
- CNN
 
Is it reasonable to believe that Trump will weaponize the Justice Department to go after his political enemies?
In my view, it's not only reasonable based on his character, but it seems to already be in the works:

Several hours later, Trump told reporters he expects to fire some FBI agents for their roles in the January 6 investigation.
"I'll fire some of them because some of them were corrupt," he said.

Emil Bove, a former defense lawyer for Trump who now holds a senior role at the Justice Department, previously demanded the information from the FBI as part of what he described as an internal review of misconduct related to the Capitol riot probe, which led to nearly 1,600 criminal cases against Trump supporters.

The dispute over the list has become a flashpoint as the FBI seeks to safeguard its independence during a push by the Trump administration to remove or sideline officials who have worked on investigations condemned by Trump.

Driscoll's resistance to hand over the names prompted Bove to accuse him of insubordination. A previous list the FBI turned over earlier this week identified agents only by their employee identification numbers, in a bid to protect their safety, according to an earlier internal email seen by Reuters.

It's one thing if Trump offered evidence of misconduct and made that clear to the American people, but without that, it just seems that he's just looking for anything to fire those that investigated him and the Jan. 6 rioters.