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If and when we get back into power there will need to be a Congressional investigation, just like after the Kennedy Assassination or 9/11. Musk and his DOGE brats are definitely guilty of computer crimes and violating privacy laws, and possibly espionage if they are working with Russia, which I suspect that they are.
We need to reinforce checks and balances and strengthen the Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch against a corrupt Executive. We must enact laws that disqualify felons from holding high office, especially the Presidency and Vice Presidency. Make violation of one's Oath to the Constitution a codified crime, and perhaps include betrayal of the Constitution as part of the legal definition of Treason. Strengthen our system of democracy, limit the power of the President.
Oh, yes, and rebuild the agencies of the federal government and make it explicit that only Congress can fund, defund, create, or dissolve any federal agency. The Executive does not have these powers and must follow the law. He or she can not rule by diktat with Executive Orders. Establish the legal independence of certain agencies from direct control of the President, especially the DOJ. And add some more Justices to the Supreme Court, establish ten year term limits on the Court, and reverse the Presidential Immunity ruling. No one is above the law. Including a President.
This does not even begin to address how we are to repair our global relations with our allies. That will be a large and complicated task in itself.

Chemical Bill
(2,760 posts)any investigation not be a whitewash like the JFK or 9/11 ones.
WmChris
(315 posts)Mump wanted to bring back firing squads for traitors and I think we now have a growing list of candidates in red hats.
Irish_Dem
(69,426 posts)All three branches of govt will need reform
The damage control and repair is mind boggling.
Yes on criminal investigation.
Some of the damage we will never know about because it will be classified.
And scare the hell out of Americans if they ever found out.
Some of the damage to US trust and respect on a global scale cannot be repaired.
usonian
(17,523 posts)
Or everyone will skate.
dickthegrouch
(4,006 posts)Codifying “Official Acts” https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219319695
CitizenZero
(920 posts)A shorter way to say it might be that no illegal or unconstitutional acts can be described as "official". Since the powers of the Presidency are defined by the Constitution, no unconstitutional act can be official. No one is above the law, including a President.