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Trump says he has no evidence to justify his unprecedented Biden investigation Just because Trump keeps ordering investigations into his perceived foes — three times in three months — doesn’t mean we should see it as normal.
June 6, 2025, 11:28 AM EDT
By Steve Benen
Late Wednesday, Donald Trump broke new ground, directing the Justice Department to launch a wide-ranging investigation into Joe Biden and officials in the Democrat’s administration, based on Republican conspiracy theories about the former president’s mental health. It was an unprecedented move: An incumbent American president had never before publicly ordered a federal probe of his predecessor.
There was a degree of irony to the circumstances. After his defeat in the 2020 election, Trump s