Overview
- A large banner featuring President Donald Trump was installed Thursday on the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Department building in Washington and reads "Make America Safe Again."
- The Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and CNN said it has asked the agency for a statement on the display.
- Similar Trump banners have recently appeared on other agencies, including the Labor Department with "American workers first" and Agriculture with "growing America."
- The installation comes as the department faces accusations of targeting perceived opponents, with prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James and probes involving Jerome Powell and several Democratic lawmakers, some of which were later dismissed.
- Trump officials say the department’s actions are nonpolitical and a course correction, citing that federal cases brought by former special counsel Jack Smith against Trump were abandoned or dismissed after his election victories.