The Democratic Senate leader of the United States criticized Trump for using the Department of Justice to deal with political opponents

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that President Trump's call for the Department of Justice to take action against his enemies is pushing the United States down the path of dictatorship.

AFP reported that Schumer, a Democrat, said on a CNN program on Sunday (September 21) that the Department of Justice "should be turned into a tool for hunting down enemies, whether they are guilty or not..." It is the path towards dictatorship. That's what a dictatorship is like.

Trump publicly urged the Department of Justice on Saturday (the 20th) to take action against what he called his enemies. Critics believe that Trump has once again undermined the independence of the judicial system.

Trump posted on social media on Saturday, named Attorney General Bundy and expressing anger at the Department of Justice for not taking legal action against California Senator Adam Schiff and New York State Attorney General Letitia James. Both of these two are Democrats.

Bill Pulte, a close ally of Trump and the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, previously accused Schiff, James and others of forging mortgage application documents.

Trump said, "We can't delay any longer. This will damage our reputation and credibility."

The day before, Trump fired federal prosecutor Erik Siebert, who was in charge of investigating the James case. It was reported that the prosecutor had previously insisted that there was insufficient evidence to bring mortgage fraud charges against James.

Trump said on Saturday: "It was I who fired him, and this case is very promising. Many lawyers and legal commentators think so."

Schiff and James have had fierce conflicts with Trump on multiple occasions in recent years and have led several investigations that Trump calls "political witch-hunting".