Legal expert: Trump lawyers 'even know' his moves to reshape government are 'highly illegal'
Many of President Donald Trump's moves to "reshape" the US government are "highly illegal," New York University law professor Ryan Goodman said Wednesday, according to Mediaite.
Speaking with Goodman about the MAGA administrations moves to demolish critical agencies, fire top DOJ, FBI officials, and more, CNN's Erin Burnett noted "USAID, which we were just talking about extensively, Department of Education — now they’re trying to dismantle it cuts at [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration], National Weather Service, CIA, FBI. Elon Musk, currently the driving force behind that."
She added, "And even Speaker [Mike] Johnson (R-LA) , it appears, says he doesn’t know what is happening. Is it legal?”
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Goodman said no, and Trump lawyers know that.
"There are a couple of things that I think stand out to me as highly illegal," the law professor began. "So, one is actually also something going on in the Justice Department when you said firing people. The purging of the FBI career servants, public servants, and DOJ public servants is a violation of the civil servants statutes. I think they even know it. And [Attorney General] Pam Bondi coming in and saying, I’m going to effectuate the weaponization executive order. That’s what it’s all about."
Goodman continued, "So, I think that’s a very serious problem. And then eliminating some of these agencies – USAID, DOE – you can’t do that as a president. That would mean we have like, a king."
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