17. Department of Justice · Minor
Reject third-party demands for politically motivated investigations
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“The DOJ should reject demands from third-party groups that ask it to threaten politically motivated investigation or prosecution of those engaging in lawful and, in many cases, constitutionally protected activity.”
What has happened
- Not started
The department has adopted no policy of rejecting third-party demands for investigations or prosecutions of lawful activity. The nearest thing on the record is a finding about the previous administration: the Weaponization Working Group's April 2026 report concluded that the Biden Justice Department had taken enforcement targets from advocacy groups' dossiers, and the department's response was a directive narrowing FACE Act cases specifically — not a general rule about third-party demands. Nothing in the Attorney General's memoranda, the Justice Manual changes published in the window or the department's press output states such a policy.
Research log
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Research notes
The 2025-02-05 zealous-advocacy and charging memoranda both bar decisions influenced by a person’s political association, which is adjacent; neither addresses demands made by outside groups, which is what this Quote asks the department to refuse.
- Action
- restrict
- Object
- third-party requests for investigations or prosecutions
- ID
- 1567