White House Chief of Staff Confirms Campaign of Retribution

In a shocking series of admissions to Vanity Fair, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles confirmed the Administration’s deliberate campaign of retribution and weaponization of the Department of Justice.

Most alarmingly, Wiles admitted that the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James was a case of vindictive prosecution, confirming the worst fears of legal observers that Trump had successfully corrupted the once non-partisan Department of Justice.

The acknowledgement of the retribution campaign by Wiles confirms what Americans Against Government Censorship has been warning about for more than a year, and will cast a dark shadow on any future prosecutions or investigations of those who speak out against the President—including the FBI and Department of Defense inquiries into the six members of congress who reminded American service members of their obligation to decline illegal orders.

From the New York Times’ Peter Baker:

President Trump’s chief of staff said she tried to get him to end his “score settling” against political enemies after 90 days in office, but acknowledged that the administration’s still ongoing push for prosecutions has been fueled in part by the president’s desire for retribution.

Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, told an interviewer that she forged a “loose agreement” with Mr. Trump to stop focusing after three months on punishing antagonists, an effort that evidently did not succeed. While she insisted that Mr. Trump is not constantly thinking about retribution, she said that “when there’s an opportunity, he will go for it.”

AAGC Spokesperson Caitlin Legacki issued the following statement:

“White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles said the quiet part out loud—this Administration is employing a whole-of-government approach to punishing the President’s political enemies. This Administration has repeatedly abused its power to silence its critics, turning the Department of Justice and the FBI into political weapons. That’s a power that no President—Democrat or Republican—should have. This effort is taking the American justice system down a very dark path, and once this precedent is set, it will be very difficult to restore the integrity and credibility to the Department of Justice. This abuse of power will diminish the Agency’s credibility long after this President leaves office.”