Former President Donald Trump, according to a new report, is plotting to use the Department of Justice to go after his political foes — including some members of his prior administration.

The Washington Post reported Sunday — in a piece authored by Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey and Devlin Barrett — that the former president is now plotting vengeance against his political foes in a very pointed manner.

“Donald Trump and his allies have begun mapping out specific plans for using the federal government to punish critics and opponents should he win a second term, with the former president naming individuals he wants to investigate or prosecute,” Arnsdorf, Dawsey and Barrett wrote.

Trump has been open about his desire to go after his political foes in a second term, writing on Truth Social in June, “I WILL APPOINT A REAL SPECIAL ‘PROSECUTOR’ TO GO AFTER THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE USA, JOE BIDEN, THE ENTIRE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY, & ALL OTHERS INVOLVED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR ELECTIONS, BORDERS, & COUNTRY ITSELF”

But the Post report is noteworthy because of the revelation that Trump is also looking to exact revenge on numerous high-level officials from his first term. The Post reports:

In private, Trump has told advisers and friends in recent months that he wants the Justice Department to investigate onetime officials and allies who have become critical of his time in office, including his former chief of staff, John Kelly, and former attorney general William P. Barr, as well as his ex-attorney Ty Cobb and former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley, according to people who have talked to him, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations. Trump has also talked of prosecuting officials at the FBI and Justice Department, a person familiar with the matter said.

Milley did not comment to the Post about the report, but the other three Trump officials named in the piece did.

“There is no question in my mind he is going to go after people that have turned on him,” Kelly said.

“I’m quivering in my boots,” Barr added.

But his own former lawyer had the most pointed response.

“Trump himself is more likely to rot in jail than anyone on his alleged list,” Cobb said.

In a statement to the Post, Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said, “President Trump is focused on crushing his opponents in the primary election and then going on to beat Crooked Joe Biden. President Trump has always stood for law and order, and protecting the Constitution.”

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