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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8235-8236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01900]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 17 / Tuesday, January 28, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Executive Order 14147 of January 20, 2025

                
Ending the Weaponization of the Federal 
                Government

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and section 301 of title 3, United States 
                Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Purpose. The American people have witnessed 
                the previous administration engage in a systematic 
                campaign against its perceived political opponents, 
                weaponizing the legal force of numerous Federal law 
                enforcement agencies and the Intelligence Community 
                against those perceived political opponents in the form 
                of investigations, prosecutions, civil enforcement 
                actions, and other related actions. These actions 
                appear oriented more toward inflicting political pain 
                than toward pursuing actual justice or legitimate 
                governmental objectives. Many of these activities 
                appear to be inconsistent with the Constitution and/or 
                the laws of the United States, including those 
                activities directed at parents protesting at school 
                board meetings, Americans who spoke out against the 
                previous administration's actions, and other Americans 
                who were simply exercising constitutionally protected 
                rights.

                The prior administration and allies throughout the 
                country engaged in an unprecedented, third-world 
                weaponization of prosecutorial power to upend the 
                democratic process. It targeted individuals who voiced 
                opposition to the prior administration's policies with 
                numerous Federal investigations and politically 
                motivated funding revocations, which cost Americans 
                access to needed services. The Department of Justice 
                even jailed an individual for posting a political meme. 
                And while the Department of Justice has ruthlessly 
                prosecuted more than 1,500 individuals associated with 
                January 6, and simultaneously dropped nearly all cases 
                against BLM rioters.

                Therefore, this order sets forth a process to ensure 
                accountability for the previous administration's 
                weaponization of the Federal Government against the 
                American people.

                Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States 
                to identify and take appropriate action to correct past 
                misconduct by the Federal Government related to the 
                weaponization of law enforcement and the weaponization 
                of the Intelligence Community.

                Sec. 3. Ending the Weaponization of the Federal 
                Government. (a) The Attorney General, in consultation 
                with the heads of all departments and agencies of the 
                United States, shall take appropriate action to review 
                the activities of all departments and agencies 
                exercising civil or criminal enforcement authority of 
                the United States, including, but not limited to, the 
                Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange 
                Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission, over the 
                last 4 years and identify any instances where a 
                department's or agency's conduct appears to have been 
                contrary to the purposes and policies of this order, 
                and prepare a report to be submitted to the President, 
                through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and the 
                Counsel to the President, with recommendations for 
                appropriate remedial actions to be taken to fulfill the 
                purposes and policies of this order.

                    (b) The Director of National Intelligence, in 
                consultation with the heads of the appropriate 
                departments and agencies within the Intelligence 
                Community, shall take all appropriate action to review 
                the activities of the Intelligence Community over the 
                last 4 years and identify any instances where the 
                Intelligence Community's conduct appears to have been 
                contrary to the purposes and policies of this order, 
                and prepare a report to be submitted

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                to the President, through the Deputy Chief of Staff for 
                Policy and the National Security Advisor, with 
                recommendations for appropriate remedial actions to be 
                taken to fulfill the purposes and policies of this 
                order. The term ``Intelligence Community'' has the 
                meaning given the term in section 3003 of title 50, 
                United States Code.
                    (c) In furtherance of these policies, departments 
                and agencies are directed to comply with applicable 
                document-retention policies and legal obligations. 
                Instances of noncompliance with document-retention 
                policies or legal obligations will be referred to the 
                Attorney General.

                Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 20, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-01900
Filed 1-27-25; 8:45 am]
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