Former White House lawyer says Trump will not use DOJ 'for political purposes,' but to implement 'his agenda'

Former White House attorney Mark Paoletta took to societal media Thursday to accidental that President-elect Donald Trump "will not usage the DOJ for governmental purposes" but alternatively for "implementing his agenda."

Paoletta, who antecedently served arsenic counsel to erstwhile Vice President Mike Pence and wide counsel for the Office of Management & Budget successful the enforcement bureau during the Trump administration, was responding to a CNN newsman stating that the Department of Justice has "operated historically arsenic an autarkic entity." 

"Constitution vests our ELECTED President with ALL enforcement power, including DOJ. He has the work to supervise DOJ, including, if necessary, connected circumstantial cases. Our strategy does not licence an unaccountable agency," Paoletta wrote connected X. 

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Paoletta cited Chief Justice John Roberts' opinion successful Trump v. United States, wherein the Court held that a erstwhile president has important immunity from prosecution for authoritative acts committed portion successful office, but not for unofficial acts. In the bulk opinion, Roberts wrote "the Constitution vests the entirety of the enforcement powerfulness successful the President."

He went connected to say, "The President has a work to supervise the types of cases DOJ should absorption connected and tin intervene to nonstop DOJ connected circumstantial cases. He is the duly elected main enforcement and helium has each close to marque definite the enforcement branch, including the DOJ, is implementing his agenda."

Former White House lawyer Mark Paoletta took to X Thursday to clarify that President-elect Donald Trump "will not usage the DOJ for governmental purposes" but alternatively for "implementing his agenda." (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)

Paoletta past gave examples arsenic to however Trump could usage the DOJ during his adjacent term, including directing the "DOJ to importantly summation resources to prosecute criminals astatine the highest charging level and to question maximum sentences" and extending resources towards deportation efforts and "against sanctuary cities who defy and obstruct national instrumentality enforcement efforts."

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Paoletta clarified, however, that contempt specified actions, Trump volition not usage the DOJ "for governmental purposes."

"Just due to the fact that you are a governmental opponent" does not mean 1 gets "a escaped walk if you person violated the law," Paoletta wrote.

Former White House lawyer Mark Paoletta clarified, however, that contempt specified actions, President-elect Donald Trump volition not usage the DOJ "for governmental purposes." (Getty)

Paoletta past said Democrats, successful contrast, "went aft President Trump solely to punish him due to the fact that helium was a governmental opponent," stating that they "invented crimes, twisted statutes, abused their offices and power, each to halt him and destruct him."

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"The President should supervise and nonstop the DOJ to instrumentality his agenda, which was voted connected and supported by a landslide bulk of the American radical connected November 5th," Paoletta wrote. 

The DOJ announced connected Wednesday it was seeking to upwind down 2 national transgression cases against Trump up of his 2nd term.  

The DOJ announced connected Wednesday it was seeking to upwind down 2 national transgression cases against President-elect Donald Trump up of his 2nd term. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Justice Department officials cited a memo from the Office of Legal Counsel filed successful 2000, which upholds a Watergate-era statement that asserts it is simply a usurpation of the separation of powers doctrine for the Justice Department to analyse a sitting president. 

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Trump was besides prosecuted astatine the authorities level aft his archetypal word successful office, speech from the 2 national cases brought by peculiar counsel Jack Smith. Trump pleaded not blameworthy successful each of his cases. 

Fox News' Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.