From Jack Smith to cartel crackdown: Trump heralds DOJ reforms

Published March 14, 2025 8:23pm ET



President Donald Trump ushered in a new era at the Department of Justice on Friday, saying the department that once brought criminal charges against him would no longer be “weaponized” and instead concentrate its resources on illegal immigration and street crime.

Trump’s appearance inside the very building that led an investigation and prosecution of Trump during the last couple of years was momentous. It is rare for presidents to give remarks from inside the department’s Washington headquarters.

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