{"id":74518,"date":"2026-05-22T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/22\/the-doj-just-admitted-to-weaponizing-a-prosecution-against-trumps-foes-slate\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:44:00","slug":"the-doj-just-admitted-to-weaponizing-a-prosecution-against-trumps-foes-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/22\/the-doj-just-admitted-to-weaponizing-a-prosecution-against-trumps-foes-slate\/","title":{"rendered":"The DOJ Just Admitted to Weaponizing a Prosecution Against Trump\u2019s Foes &#8211; Slate"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPWTY4YTB1cjhQN3A3M1RHTW1hY3FNVS1RUUNSdUwyLUpEZ3FqdnZ6aFI0cC1Gb0ZlZ1g5T0xBc1d0QjdzR193ck1JelVqMUczM2RkQkhxOGZqeFJTUHFzVDhPWEVtb2VrVThDWlhlRzNtaXVIMHVaakoxc1BaaUtmekoxeUNGYllhakFXbFpRSU1xZ3h5RThuN0NPWFhCd2VsWjhaaXJOdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The DOJ Just Admitted to Weaponizing a Prosecution Against Trump\u2019s Foes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Slate<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxOVDV6aTZlZ0xWclNLY3FMejRqZzZ6dTFLaDJlb09aYlMzb3lSeC1lTGZnWE11VDhmZHE1UmhuT1d0YlNKZGgyVWFyZGhBSk9KMTZrcDc1d3R0b0ZfbE4zVm0wT3dUYmZBWjVHakxIbXA3UHRzOGNFTm43TURhLVBmRDF5THNBelZDM0xzVHZUN0dCT1FxQ00tckE5Um1YeWxMY0lMUHFaeU1CSXNOb1lzR2ZiVE5ERzNK?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Broadview Six&#8217; charges dropped as Chicago&#8217;s top federal prosecutor admits case was tainted by misconduct<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Chicago Sun-Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxPN1plZTM4MDcwellfOGp0cFhsbnoyVzJ6WUNMcU1vVVRMdnlhcWcyRU9hWmxHcjY1a0o3ZFZ1Z3ZlbzFjakhvUXVUODR2bFc4Qmp4dS1hT3RaanpvNHlDck5WUmpXRDFnQkVhSTFxWnRWNGZ4eUM1SFV1M1Q1dmZTMk1QNEhNemQ0Ql9Z?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Grand jury improprieties revealed in court as \u2018Broadview Six\u2019 case unravels<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Chicago Tribune<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNYkpBNS01Vm1yYlNQT2hpT00weU9VQnVJRHhMTzZ5OGJ2elNUQUNpdDhDRk9aZEh2M1lnRjlEbWNLMF9QMVU2MXZaMUZWLWItZEk1dkZnd0ZaU0xtYXRrdGNSYVctTFNubzJwYVFfY0lNOEVXaUxZcmZ2Y044N1V2YlV1SS1heHVPXzhLY2diY0RUYVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Charges dropped against activists in Chicago immigration crackdown amid grand jury misconduct claims<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxPUTVoOHNjcE5QeFJQdGRXVEY1ckctUFQzS3FUVUNrSkVKOU9UekpScWtGWFJUNGRvZGNqV0ZuRkg5UHBsWEVjQ011TFBwNnZfeHJNSjB2ZWNrVTZEN3U3N2lFUjB5TXNSbXBESFRpb0ZRUXBoOUllVllidklkVXd3NUQ2Nm11LU8xT3QzbHo4bk01ang1WmNSd0FDMThwWFdQdVVjN2NBYnN3dzR2Yl9aZjRzc3NhaUNqa0Q2RllWbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin fires Sheri Mecklenberg as Senate Judiciary Committee counsel after Broadview Six allegations<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DOJ Just Admitted to Weaponizing a Prosecution Against Trump\u2019s Foes&nbsp;&nbsp;Slate &#8216;Broadview Six&#8217; charges dropped as Chicago&#8217;s top federal prosecutor admits case was tainted by&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/22\/the-doj-just-admitted-to-weaponizing-a-prosecution-against-trumps-foes-slate\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}