OPINION:
There are three equal branches of the federal government, each designed to balance the powers of the others. The president, however, appoints or approves the heads of the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency.
When the three-branch concept was established by our Founders, none of these agencies existed. As a direct result of their existence, the executive branch has grown far more powerful than ever intended. These agencies are fundamentally loyal to the president. They have unlimited-seeming funds and apparently unlimited access to personal and public information, which they use to decide who gets investigated, who gets prosecuted and more importantly, who doesn’t.
Obvious abuses of that vast power have seen the mainstream press turn a blind eye, as it is joined at the hip with the current administration’s ideology. Let’s take the Biden family, for example, whose members have more than 155 suspicious financial transactions reported by the banking industry. In that matter, the Justice Department has served only as an obstruction to the House’s investigation.
Isn’t it time the Justice Department be made part of the judiciary branch of the federal government?
CHUCK EARY
Fenwick, Delaware
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