Stephen Miller could 'play a key role' in finding lawyers 'fully in sync with Trump’s radical agenda': report

Axios, on December 7, published a report naming some "pre-vetted" Donald Trump loyalists who MAGA Republicans are considering for his administration if Trump returns to the White House in January 2025 — a list that includes "War Room" host Steve Bannon, Fox News' Tucker Carlson, and former Trump Senior Adviser Stephen Miller (who Axios reporters Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei cited as a possibility for U.S. attorney general).

According to reporting in The Guardian on December 8,

Miller would play a prominent role in finding legal staff for a second Trump Administration and a Trump-controlled U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

The Guardian's Peter Stone explains, "Stocking a future administration with more ideological lawyers loyal to Trump in key posts at the Justice Department, other agencies and the White House is alarming to former DOJ officials and analysts who say such plans endanger the rule of law. Trump's former senior adviser Stephen Miller, president of the MAGA-allied legal group America First Legal, is playing a key role in seeking lawyers fully in sync with Trump's radical agenda to expand his power and curb some major agencies."

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Stone adds, "His search is for those with unswerving loyalty to Trump, who could back Trump's increasingly authoritarian talk about plans to 'weaponize' the DOJ against critics, including some he has labeled as 'vermin.'"

During Trump's four years in the White House, he was furious when his attorney generals pushed back against his ideas — first Jeff Sessions, later Bill Barr. Trump still holds a grudge against Barr for rejecting his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

Ty Cobb, a former White House lawyer under Trump, told The Guardian, "They're looking for lawyers who worship Trump and will do his bidding. Trump is looking to Miller to pick people who will be more loyal to Trump than the rule of law."

Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pennsylvania) warns that Miller and other Trump loyalists are seeking attorneys who would "do whatever they're told."

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Dent told The Guardian, "They're looking for grifters and sycophants like Jeffrey Clark and Ken Paxton…. This is absolutely dangerous."

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Read The Guardian's full report at this link.