作者：阿什利·奥利弗 | 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年2月21日 美国东部时间凌晨6:00
司法部总部新悬挂的一面展示总统唐纳德·特朗普头像的横幅引发了反对者的批评，他们将其比作威权主义，并质疑该部门的公正性。
包括加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽森在内的知名民主党人，以及众多反特朗普法律专家周四在社交媒体上发表评论，称该横幅象征着有偏见的司法部。该部门表示，横幅上写着”让美国再次安全”，是为了纪念白宫为庆祝美国250周年所做的努力。
“司法部为能在特朗普总统的领导下庆祝我们伟大国家的250周年，并为使美国再次安全而进行的历史性工作感到自豪，”司法部发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字版。
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2026年2月19日，华盛顿特区，工人在高空作业平台上检查安装在司法部总部大楼外墙上的新横幅，横幅上印有美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的图像。(布兰登·斯迈罗夫斯基/法新社通过盖蒂图片社)
与此同时，纽森称该横幅”荒谬至极”，而民主党参议员指责司法部滥用职权以讨好总统，后者曾公开呼吁起诉其政治对手。
“特朗普总统正在将司法部武器化，使其成为自己的私人律师事务所，”新墨西哥州民主党参议员本·雷·卢扬表示。
科罗拉多州民主党众议员杰森·克劳也加入了批评行列。联邦检察官最近未能成功对他提起诉讼，此前他指示军人拒绝服从非法命令。
“这种欺诈、谄媚和政府武器化令人不寒而栗，”克劳说。”司法部为美国人民工作。他们不应该成为唐纳德·特朗普——或任何其他总统的政治走卒。”
新泽西州民主党参议员安迪·金表示：”司法部应该为你服务和代表你，而不是为他。”
《大西洋月刊》撰稿人大卫·弗鲁姆称司法部是”总统一时兴起、报复和掩盖的纯粹产物”，并补充说该横幅”至少有坦诚的优点”。
著名反特朗普人士比尔·克里斯托尔称该横幅”令人羞耻”。
“但在某种程度上是有用的，”克里斯托尔补充道。”任何人都不应该再假装我们有一个’司法部’。我们有一个特朗普部门。”
前弗吉尼亚州美国国会议员、著名反特朗普人士芭芭拉·康斯托克律师询问该横幅是否是人工智能。
“没有什么比在司法部悬挂’亲爱的领袖’横幅更能体现正义之眼了……”康斯托克说。
其他人称这是”法西斯主义”的标志，并将其与朝鲜、纳粹德国和中国共产党进行比较。
前长期情报界官员拉里·费伊弗表示，”华盛顿特区的平壤化仍在继续。”
[前法官抨击特朗普司法部高级官员宣布对法院”宣战”]
2025年8月27日，华盛顿特区，工人在劳工部总部大楼外墙上悬挂一张美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的大幅照片。(德鲁·安杰尔/法新社通过盖蒂图片社)
该横幅并非华盛顿特区联邦大楼首次悬挂此类标识，这是白宫纪念《独立宣言》签署250周年倡议的一部分。
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劳工部数月来一直突出展示类似的标语”美国工人优先”。
共和党人对在司法部安装特朗普头像的举动反应较为温和。特朗普的前高级顾问杰森·米勒给予了点赞表情，而美国特赦局局长埃德·马丁只是简单表示”正确”。
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DOJ spokesperson says department is ‘proud to celebrate 250 years of our great country’ while critics question impartiality
By Ashley Oliver | Fox News
Published February 21, 2026 6:00am EST
A newly installed banner at the Department of Justice headquarters displaying President Donald Trump’s face sparked criticism from detractors, who likened it to authoritarianism and questioned the department’s impartiality.
Prominent Democrats, including Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, and a slew of anti-Trump legal experts weighed in on social media Thursday, saying the banner symbolized a biased DOJ. The department said the banner, which read “Make America Safe Again,” honored the White House’s efforts to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary.
“We are proud at this Department of Justice to celebrate 250 years of our great country and our historic work to make America safe again at President Trump’s direction,” a DOJ spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
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Workers on an aerial lift check their installation of a new banner featuring an image of U.S. President Donald Trump on the facade of the US Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026.(Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Newsom called the banner “beyond parody,” while Democratic senators accused the DOJ of weaponizing its authority to appease the president, who has openly called for the prosecution of his political rivals.
“President Trump is weaponizing the DOJ as his own personal law firm,” Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., said.
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., also chimed in. Federal prosecutors recently failed to secure an indictment against him after he instructed military members to refuse to follow illegal orders.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on during a bill signing event related to redrawing the state’s congressional maps on August 21, 2025 in Sacramento, California.(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
“The grift, groveling, and weaponization of our government is chilling,” Crow said. “The Justice Department works for the American people. They shouldn’t be political henchmen for Donald Trump–or any other President.”
Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., said: “The Department of Justice is supposed to work for and represent you, not him.”
David Frum, a writer for The Atlantic, said the DOJ was a “a pure creature of presidential whim, retribution, and cover-up,” adding the banner had “the virtue of candor at least.”
Prominent never-Trumper Bill Kristol said the banner was “shameful.”
“But in a way useful,” Kristol added. “No one should any longer pretend we have a “Department of Justice.” We have a Department of Trump.”
Attorney Barbara Comstock, a former Virginia U.S. congresswoman and high-profile Never Trump voice, asked if the banner was artificial intelligence.
“Nothing says Justice is Blind like hanging a Dear Leader Banner at DOJ…,” Comstock said.
Others called it a sign of “fascism” and compared it to North Korea, Nazi Germany and the Chinese Community Party.
Larry Pfeiffer, a former longtime intelligence community official, said the “Pyongyangification of Washington DC continues.”
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Workers hang a large photo of US President Donald Trump on the facade of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 27, 2025.(Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images)
The banner is not the first to unfurl on a federal building in Washington, D.C., as part of the White House initiative to honor 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Indendence.
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The Department of Labor has for months prominently featured a similar sign reading “American Workers First.”
Republicans had a largely muted response to the move to install Trump’s face on the DOJ. Jason Miller, Trump’s former senior adviser, gave it thumbs-up emojis, while U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin simply said, “True.”
Ashley Oliver is a reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business, covering the Justice Department and legal affairs. Email story tips to ashley.oliver@fox.com.
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