Donald Trump (r) is looking for someone with previous experience setting up an informant network to head the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit

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The function of the Stasi in East Germany (the GDR) resembled that of the KGB in the Soviet Union,⁠ in that it served to maintain state authority and the position of the ruling party, in this case the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). This was accomplished primarily through the use of a network of civilian informants who contributed to the arrest of approximately 250,000 people in East Germany.
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News item:

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Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.
Schmitt reportedly is being looked at as Trump’s potential attorney general.

That typically independent post will be center stage as Democrats and Trump-opposing Republicans watch whether the president-elect uses the Justice Department to target his political enemies and the prosecutors that indicted him.

Schmitt was Missouri’s attorney general before becoming a senator, and seems to be well-liked in Trump world. Trump often clashed with another senator-turned-AG, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, during his first term. Sessions’ replacement, William P. Barr, eventually left the administration after multiple disputes with his boss.
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Eric Schmitt (r) has plenty of experience, probably more than most:

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 8 (January 7, 2022)

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Subject: We stand behind you!

Just kidding. You’re a power hungry fascist. LOL.

No, actually, you are. And that’s sad for you, and scary for me. You don’t represent me, my needs or my priorities. My taxes pay your salary, and that makes me naseous.

Your deperate, unfounded, anachronistic lust for control (guidance) is rationalized by hypocritical religious pablum. You know that, right? In your heart, you do, right. You’re not so dumb that you don’t right?

You’re building a house of cards, Eric, and it will eventually crush you.
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“…You’re a power hungry fascist…”