Section 3 · The General Welfare
⚖️Ch. 17 — Department of Justice
DOJ · 16 tracked
Comprehensive review to terminate “unlawful or contrary to national interest” FBI investigations
Proposed
Mandate orders an immediate comprehensive review of major active FBI investigations/activities to terminate those deemed unlawful or contrary to the national interest, with possible public report.
Place FBI under AAG Criminal and AAG National Security instead of DAG
Proposed
Mandate would reorganize so FBI reports through Assistant Attorneys General for Criminal and National Security Divisions rather than the Deputy Attorney General, evaluating notifications currently going to DAG/AG.
Ban FBI mis/disinformation work; shrink FBI OGC/OLA/OPA into Main Justice
Proposed
Mandate would prohibit FBI from combating mis/disinformation by Americans not tied to plausible crimes, eliminate/streamline FBI OGC (~300 attorneys) and separate congressional/public affairs offices into DOJ components, emphasize field offices over HQ, and seek legislation ending the Director’s 10-year term.
Sue local DAs and surge federal charges where locals “abdicate” prosecution
Proposed
Mandate directs U.S. Attorneys to bring federal charges when locals “wrongfully” allow evasion of responsibility and to sue local officials/DAs who refuse to prosecute based on race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or immigration status theories.
Resume federal death penalty; harden ACCA; use military in border cartel arrests
Proposed
Mandate pushes finality for federal death row, expanded capital pursuit including child sex crimes, ACCA mandatory minimums/Restoring ACCA Act, aggressive RICO/drug possession prosecutions, finishing the border wall, and considering active-duty/National Guard in arrest operations.
Restart DOJ China Initiative and related threat-education programs
Proposed
Mandate says the next Administration should restart the China Initiative terminated in 2022 and pursue programs educating Americans about threats from China and Iran.
Day-one plan to end lawless policies/cases and terminate consent decrees
Proposed
Mandate instructs preparing before inauguration to end policies/investigations/cases contrary to law or Administration policy, terminate unnecessary consent decrees, ban settlement payments to third parties, and specially reverse FACE Act “double standards.”
Seek overruling of Humphrey’s Executor; reverse DOJ positions compelling speech
Proposed
Mandate urges DOJ to take the formal position that Humphrey’s Executor violates separation of powers and to zealously defend First Amendment against compelled-speech regimes like those argued in 303 Creative.
Reorient Civil Rights Division to prosecute DEI/“equity” as unlawful discrimination
Proposed
Mandate would make Civil Rights Division the vanguard to investigate/prosecute governments, colleges, and private employers engaged in DEI/equity discrimination, coordinating across EEOC and other agencies.
Announce enforcement of Comstock Act against abortion-pill mailing
Proposed
Mandate says DOJ should announce intent to enforce 18 U.S.C. §§ 1461–1462 against providers/distributors of abortion pills using the mail after Dobbs.
Move 18 U.S.C. § 241 election prosecutions from Civil Rights to Criminal Division
Proposed
Mandate argues election-related § 241 matters should leave Civil Rights Division for Criminal Division to enable aggressive prosecution of registration/ballot issues, citing Pennsylvania 2020 guidance examples.
Overturn Garland immigration precedents; restore Trump EOIR rules; staff loyalists
Proposed
Mandate urges withdrawing/overturning every Garland (and Biden successor) immigration decision, republishing Trump immigration rules with DHS, funding MPP-style adjudication, attacking Flores, aggressive IER enforcement, flooding components with aligned appointees, and EOIR anti-fraud crackdowns.
Overhaul OJP grants with rigorous vetting and immigration-cooperation conditions
Proposed
Mandate treats OJP’s ~$7B grants as tools for presidential priorities, urging comprehensive review, tougher vetting, and conditions like Trump-era information-sharing that blocked sanctuary jurisdictions.
Vastly expand political appointees across DOJ; recall nonessential details
Proposed
Mandate says prior appointee numbers were insufficient and calls for vast expansion especially in Civil Rights, FBI, and EOIR, plus ending nonessential details including to Congress until review completes.
Refocus BJS/NIJ away from academic agendas toward “everyday American” crime stats
Proposed
Mandate says BJS should prioritize core crime/punishment statistics clear to lay readers, avoid academic niche agendas and contractor reports that look official, and fund NCVS sufficiently.
Bind DOJ civil litigation positions to the President’s policy agenda
Proposed
Mandate insists civil litigation decisions must align with the President’s agenda, with discipline for line attorneys who refuse positions or slow-walk cases to outlast an Administration.