Miranda Devine: Trump is sending the Deep State to the outhouse as he cleans house at the FBI and DOJ
It’s galling to hear sleazy Democrats like Rep.Jamie Raskin and self-serving government bureaucrats whine about “due process” as Donald Trump sets about cleaning house in the out-of-control administrative state.Last time Trump was president, he and his appointees were sabotaged and obstructed by Machiavellian Deep-Staters who perverted concepts such as “due process” into protective shields around wrongdoers and turned them into weapons against their adversaries — that is, anyone trying to carry out the wishes of the democratically elected president.That won’t be happening again.
It’s called democracy.The FBI raided Trump’s home and rummaged through his wife’s underwear drawer.They tried to lock him up and bankrupt him.
They rounded up his supporters and advisers and threw them in jail.He was forced to spend 60% of his time and tens of millions of dollars fighting the lawfare waged against him.So don’t talk about “due process” to Trump.Heads are spinning in Washington at the shock and awe tactics of Trump 2.0.You can hear the panic in the high pitch of Deep State voices as they run squealing to CNN and MSNBC.Vile ex-CIA Director John Brennan was practically hyperventilating last week as he railed against the fact that he and the rest of the Dirty 51 have been stripped of their security clearances and banned from federal buildings.Those 51 ex-spooks, including five former CIA directors or acting directors, knew exactly what they were doing when they signed a letter falsely claiming that Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation: using the esteem of their former high positions to give Joe Biden a get-out-of-jail free card in the final debate against Trump.They just never expected that they would be held accountable.You can almost hear the rumbling thunder in Washington as accountability comes calling.At FBI headquarters Thursday at midday, while TVs in most offices were tuned to the Senate confirmation hearing of incoming FBI Direc...