President Trump promised Americans, fair, equal and impartial justice…is that what he’s delivering?
President Trump campaigned on a promise to undo the levers of the justice system that he said were weaponized against him.
His administration has gutted the Justice Department unit that investigates and prosecutes public corruption.
But since the beginning of Trump’s second term investigations into corrupt public officials have dropped nearly 90 percent.
Meanwhile, pardons of officials convicted of corruption have risen.
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