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Universal Declaration of Human Rights — Article 7

Guarantees equality before the law and equal protection against discrimination. This includes protection from incitement to discrimination.

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https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
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Article 7

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Updated March 25, 2026 Rule of Law
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Judicial finding

Weaponization of the Department of Justice: Retaliatory Investigations and Prosecutions

Systematic weaponization of the DOJ through a retaliatory investigations unit, indictments of political opponents that were dismissed as brought by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor, mass departure …

  • Trump appointed Ed Martin — a former Missouri party chair who promoted election fraud claims and defended January 6 rioters — to lead a DOJ …
  • Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted September 25, 2025, and New York AG Letitia James was indicted October 9, 2025. Both …
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Updated March 25, 2026 Corruption & Self-Dealing
Major Abuse of Power Ongoing Official executive action

Systematic Pardons of Political Allies and Financial Criminals — $1.3 Billion in Victim Restitution Erased

A systematic pattern of pardons benefiting political allies, donors, and financial criminals. Over half of 88 clemency grants went to white-collar offenders, erasing $1.3 billion in victim …

  • More than half of 88 individual pardons through January 2026 went to people convicted of white-collar crimes — money laundering, bank fraud, …
  • House Judiciary Democrats calculated that Trump's pardons erased $1.3 billion in victim repayment and taxpayer recovery for Medicare fraud, …
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