This President has promised to have his Department of Justice go after his opponents – or anyone who disparages him, disagrees with him, tells the truth about him, etc. He’s also accused his predecessor of “weaponizing the Justice Department” against him. Is that irony, an alternate reality, or ? Anyway, this article explains the current status of his “cases” against several opponents, including: former FBI Dir. James Comey, NY Atty General Letitia James, Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Sen Mark Kelly (and five other Congress members) and former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith.
Trump’s cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James failed.Both indictments were thrown out in Nov 2025 because the interim US Attorney, Lindsey Halligan, was unlawfully appointed. Apparently, Trump was pressing to get this indictment before the statute of limitations ran out against Comey, leading to the scramble finding another lawyer to take over and prosecute his case.
Halligan was a former personal lawyer for Trump handling insurance matters and had never tried a case in court before. Her predecessor, Erik Siebert, a career US attorney, determined there wasn’t enough evidence to indict and was forced to resign.
Trump didn’t get Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to quit or acquiesce to his long-standing pressure to lower interest rates. Even after being served with subpoenas threatening a criminal indictment related to the renovation of the Federal Reserve buildings in Washington, Powell made a public statement saying, “This new threat is not about my testimony last June or about the renovation of the Federal Reserve buildings. This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation. I will continue to do the job the Senate confirmed me to do, with integrity and a commitment to serving the American people.”
And last week Trump’s accusations of sedition against former Navy pilot and astronaut Sen. Mark Kelly and the other five Congress members proved to be more hot air when a grand jury refused to indict any of them. This is a reflection of the weakness of these accusations because getting an indictment is a typically low bar for prosecutors, who the former Chief Judge of the NY Court of Appeals famously stated “could get a grand jury to ‘indict a ham sandwich‘”.
Former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith has been threatened by Trump, investigated by the administration and will probably be indicted soon, but has not backed down. In January, 2026, he testified before the House Judiciary Committee, saying “We followed the facts and we followed the law and that process resulted in proof beyond a reasonable doubt that he [Trump] committed serious crimes.” Regarding the threats, he said “I think the statements are meant to intimidate me,” Smith said. “I will not be intimidated. I think these statements are also made as a warning to others — what will happen if they stand up.”