- For weeks on the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has been suggesting the possibility that, if elected, he would use the office of the presidency to seek retribution against his political enemies, promising to “root out” opponents who “live like vermin” and saying he wouldn’t be a dictator “except for Day One.”
- Now, a key political ally who’s been touted as a possible acting attorney general under Trump is doubling down on those threats, vowing to target those he called “conspirators” among journalists and government officials during a potential second Trump administration.
- “We will go out and find the conspirators not just in government, but in the media,” said former Defense Department official Kash Patel during an appearance on Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast.
