Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) (Photo: Screen capture)
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) blasted the Justice Department, speaking to CNN on Tuesday amid reports that the agency will investigate Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
Powell says he was issued a subpoena on Friday. The Fed chair released a video over the weekend saying that it is an example of President Donald Trump using the DOJ to try and force him to change interest rates.
CNN co-host Pamela Brown mentioned the previous efforts by the DOJ to pursue Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calf.), New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey, among others. She noted that Democrats argue that the DOJ is being weaponized for political reasons.
After blaming former President Joe Biden for "weaponizing" the DOJ against Trump with the investigation into his theft of classified documents and the probe into his involvement in the Jan. 6 attack, Greene turned her ire to Trump.
"I'll come from the standpoint that I am staunchly against any type of political weaponization of the Department of Justice. I thinkthat is a dangerous precedent toset in America, and I hope it'ssomething that we see come to anend," said Greene.
When asked about the protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Greene made it clear she supports the First Amendment above all else.
"I see that as such a sad tragedy," Greene said about the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good at the hands of an ICE agent. "It's a situation that just shouldn't have occurred. I'm certainly no ballistics expert, and I'm not an expert on law enforcement conduct. So it's — I have a difficult time judging that scenario. However, there is a woman that is dead. That is dead today. And I think that's extremely sad."
"But I will say, anytime you engage in activities that put yourself in a dangerous situation where you're impeding law enforcement, these terrible tragedies can occur," she added. "I am I'm a big proponent of peaceful protest. And that goes for any type of protest that we, we have in our country. And I'm a big believer in our First Amendment right. Americans' right to express their free speech and to protest. And Ijust encourage people, if you'regoing to protest, do it in sucha way where your life is not indanger."
She said that she wants to see things calm down and that Americans "are really fed up with this."
"It just remained — all these type of violent protests remained the biggest topic that they saw on the news for so many years. And to see it bubble up again, this is not what Americans want. They really want prosperity. They want safety. They want their children to besuccessful. They want to besuccessful, and they want happylives. And that means less dramaon TV and on social media," Greene said.