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President Reagan directed his DOJ to close a criminal antitrust investigation; President Bush ordered his DOJ to conduct a criminal investigation into the Rodney King case; and President Obama directed his DOJ in the prosecution of police officers. These are just a few examples of the norm of Presidential control over prosecution.
Post-Watergate laws that sought to break the centuries old understanding that the President controls prosecutions by creating prosecutors independent of the President are now widely understood to be completely unconstitutional.
No, the DOJ is not, nor has ever been, an independent agency not subject to the control of the President. It is part of the Executive Branch and the AG and all U.S. Attorneys are under the direct control of President Trump.
(In fact, most, if not all, post-Watergate laws and so-called “norms” have been meant to cripple the Presidency. Thank God President Trump is fighting back on all fronts against this assault on the Executive).
Democrats and their media allies gaslight us all by pretending that the DOJ is independent. Joe Biden has always been corrupt and ran his DOJ to attack his opponents, most especially Donald Trump (recall the baseless and outrageous raid on President Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago), or protecting his allies and family, like Biden’s utterly corrupt and degenerate son, Hunter Biden.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/30/paoletta-donald-trump-operational-control-doj/
https://x.com/EagleEdMartin/status/1972291821645791296

Ed Martin @EdMartinDOJ - Good morning, America. How are ya’?
https://x.com/EdMartinDOJ/status/1972267534226444510

Elise Stefanik @EliseStefanik - No @AlexBGault this is what I *actually*said which is quoted exactly from your article here
“I voted for the continuing resolution that funds the government,” Stefanik said. “The reality is..., because Chuck Schumer got walloped earlier this year by the left because he voted for funding the government, and his polling is atrocious among Democrats in New York state, he’s trying to concoct an issue and he’s willing to shut down the government over it.”
Stefanik pointed to years past, when Schumer has said it was improper to shut down the federal government over policy disputes.
In 2018, when the government shut down for three days over Senate Democrats demanding an immigration vote, Schumer sought to blame Trump for the impasse.
At the time, he said government shutdowns hurt millions of people and should be avoided.