‘I Saw It From The Inside’: Ex-Trump Administration Lawyer Echoes Forceful Warning | EUROtoday

John Mitnick, who was common counsel of the Department of Homeland Security beneath Donald Trump, on Sunday known as the Republican nominee a “would-be autocrat and fascist” in a prolonged social media thread warning “fellow conservatives” who’re contemplating voting for Trump.

“I was a senior, Senate-confirmed appointee in the Trump administration. I saw it from the inside. It was a chaotic disaster. I am also a lifelong conservative, a former Republican nominee for Congress, and a former White House Counsel,” Mitnick wrote on X, previously Twitter, in a 13-part thread.

“Trump is reckless, angry, vengeful, and narcissistic, and he has no respect for the Constitution or the rule of law.”

“He is not a conservative; rather, he is a would-be autocrat and fascist motivated exclusively by his personal self-interest,” he continued. “If you think he cares about you or your family, I assure you that he does not. He cares only about himself.”

Mitnick stated the nation didn’t go “completely off the rails” throughout Trump’s presidency as a result of there have been “just enough senior officials” who served as guardrails.

But in a second time period, he warned, there could be no guardrails.

“If Trump is re-elected, senior administration positions will be filled entirely by blindly ambitious or unqualified radicals and grifters who pass a test of personal loyalty to Trump,” he predicted, echoing warnings from many different former Trump administration officers.

Mitnick wrapped up by encouraging fellow conservatives to hitch him in voting for Vice President Kamala Harris.

While he disagrees with the Democratic nominee on many points, he wrote, “she will respect our constitutional system and the rule of law, and she will support our international alliances and allies.”

“It’s time to close the book on Trump and rebuild a truly conservative party based on respect for the Constitution, the rule of law, and each other,” he concluded.

Last month, Trump’s former chief of workers, John Kelly, stated he believes his onetime boss is a fascist and would govern like a dictator if elected once more.

Thirteen others who labored within the administration subsequently signed an open letter backing him up and urging voters to heed Kelly’s warning.

Mitnick was amongst a dozen attorneys who served within the Bush and Reagan administrations who endorsed Harris in August. He was fired from the Trump administration in 2019 after he reportedly brought on friction by pushing again in opposition to a White House proposal to launch undocumented immigrants into sanctuary cities.