'No better way to construct a criminal state': Experts flag alarming Trump moves [View all]
Donald Trump has appointed a noteworthy coterie of convicted and accused criminals to serve in his second presidency in what a pair of experts warned was an alarming signal about his intentions.
The former president has himself been indicted in four cases, convicted in one and penalized in several civil lawsuits. Political scientists Austin Sarat and Tom Dumm wrote a column for Salon stating the significance of Trump adding others who've served prison terms or been accused of crimes to serve in the government.
"There is, of course, nothing wrong with giving people second chances after they have paid their debt to society," the pair wrote. "But everyone Trump has nominated or appointed thinks they owe no debt to society. Each of them contends or is portrayed by Trump’s transition team as a victim of a political prosecution or a left-wing smear campaign."
He's asked former trade adviser Peter Navarro to return to the White House after serving a prison sentence for contempt of Congress, and will send his son-in-law's father Charles Kushner as his ambassador to France despite his own criminal convictions. He's tapped former Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary in spite of troubling allegations of misconduct, while former Rep. Matt Gaetz had to withdraw as attorney general nominee over his own alleged wrongdoing.
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