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A former Republican congressman has a message for Democrats: They can turn President Donald Trump\u2019s weaponization of the Justice Department against him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHere\u2019s the thing,\u201d Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) posted on X on Wednesday. \u201cTrump and his people sue everyone all the time. If I was president I\u2019d have a group at DOJ start going through their depositions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kizinger added, \u201cIf republicans are ok with this, then they must recognize the standard they set.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former GOP lawmaker was replying to a post by The Daily Beast\u2019s Julia Davis, who wrote that \u201cthe Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.\u201d <\/p>\n

Trump is investigating Carroll for supposedly perjuring herself when she sued the president, although experts are skeptical that the case has any merit. Between his two presidential terms, a jury found Trump liable for sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll when he was still best known as a real estate mogul and she was a famous writer. Trump has repeatedly denied the accusations, but Carroll presented enough evidence that a jury found in civil court it was more likely than not that Trump did indeed sexually assault her. She was awarded more than $88 million over two separate trials.<\/p>\n

A former Air Force officer, Kinzinger has been a staunch critique of Trump despite his self-professed conservative opinions. Earlier this month, he appeared on CNN to blast the president\u2019s foreign policy and behavior toward the military<\/p>\n

\u201cI can never remember a secretary of defense doing any campaigning for anybody whatsoever. Aren\u2019t we at war? I thought we were at war,\u201d Kinzinger told CNN. He later added that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has sent the message to the military that \u201che\u2019s not serious\u2026 I\u2019ve heard from more of my friends negative things about Pete Hegseth than I\u2019ve heard about any other defense secretary. It didn\u2019t start out that way. Initially, there were some things they were doing that they liked \u2014 reduction in some of the ancillary training that each military member had to do \u2014 but it\u2019s turned into a show. It\u2019s turned into an act.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kinzinger added that many in the military are angry at Trump\u2019s lack of transparency and war against Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of them are engaged in the war in Iran in some way or another, and they knew the truth,\u201d Kinzinger said. \u201cSome of the missiles were getting through the defenses, and Hegseth would go out there and say everything\u2019s fantastic and perfect and we won. So I think there\u2019s been real damage to the trust the military has of Pete Hegseth.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has also warned that Trump is hurting the Republican Party through what he describes as humiliation rituals.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe asked them to accept that his 91 criminal indictments were a political witch hunt \u2014 and they did, turning his mugshot into a fundraising image,\u201d Kinzinger wrote. \u201cEach ask was larger than the last. Each capitulation required more of them \u2014 more willingness to contradict their own eyes, their own values, their own stated beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cEvery time MAGA accepts something they previously would have considered unacceptable, Trump\u2019s hold on them gets stronger, not weaker. Because now they\u2019ve paid a price. They\u2019ve told their neighbors, their families, their coworkers, that they believe this. Walking it back would mean admitting they were wrong. And the movement doesn\u2019t allow that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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