DOJ, FBI Officials Contact Lawyers

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DOJ and FBI officials reach out to lawyers as potential Trump revenge prosecutions loom

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Current and former senior Justice Department and FBI officials have begun reaching out to lawyers in anticipation of being criminally investigated by the Trump administration.

Many DOJ officials and career staffers were already nervous about the possibility that they would be targeted by Trump loyalists, particularly members of Congress .

The selection of former Rep. Matt Gaetz , a far-right Trump ally, has sharply increased the sense of alarm, sources say.

A prosecutor can investigate an individual over a long period and find that they had broken unrelated federal laws that cover minor offenses.

If Trump ’s attorney general appoints a special prosecutor to examine the federal criminal investigations of Trump , they could find that a DOJ or FBI official broke a federal law that does not relate to the Trump probes, such as a tax or drug infraction.

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