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Trump steps up attacks on foes, 1st Amendment

Los Angeles Times

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September 23, 2025

Legal experts call his use of presidential powers in last few days unprecedented.

- BY ANA CEBALLOS, MICHAEL WILNER AND KEVIN RECTOR

Trump steps up attacks on foes, 1st Amendment

IN A social media post addressed to Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi, left, President Trump demanded that she prosecute his political enemies.

(KEVIN DIETSCH Getty Images)

President Trump has harnessed the weight of his office in recent days to accelerate a campaign of retribution against his perceived political enemies and attacks on 1st Amendment protections.

In the last week alone, Trump replaced a U.S. attorney investigating two of his political adversaries with a loyalist and openly directed the attorney general to find charges to file against them.

His Federal Communications Commission chairman hinted at punitive actions against networks whose journalists and comedians run afoul of the president.

Trump filed a $15-billion lawsuit against the New York Times, only to have it thrown out by a judge.

The acting U.S. attorney in Los Angeles asked the Secret Service to investigate a social media post by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office.

The Pentagon announced it was imposing new restrictions on reporters who cover the U.S. military.

The White House officially labeled “antifa,” a loose affiliation of far-left extremists, as “domestic terrorists” — a designation with no basis in U.S. law — posing a direct challenge to free speech protections. And it said lawmakers concerned with the legal predicate for strikes on boats in the Caribbean should simply get over it.

An active investigation into the president’s border advisor over an alleged bribery scheme involving a $50,000 payout was quashed by the White House itself.

Trump emphasized his partisan-fueled dislike of his political opponents during a Sunday memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who he said “did not hate his opponents.”

"That's where I disagreed with Charlie,” Trump said. “I hate my opponents and I don't want the best for them.”

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