At the Justice Department, the historic facility where the government conducted criminal investigations and prosecutions against him, President Donald Trump is scheduled to give what the White House refers to as a law-and-order speech on Friday.

The event is a significant change from how previous presidents handled the department, making a point of avoiding it and its law enforcement components so that its work would not appear political. It is surrounded by ardent supporters he appointed to lead the organizations that he claims attacked him unfairly and relentlessly.

However, the Trump White House is involved in the day-to-day decisions made by the FBI and DOJ. According to sources who previously informed CNN, Trump and White House adviser Stephen Miller have been consulted frequently by top officials in the Justice Department and FBI Director Kash Patel over strategy and messaging matters.

Since Inauguration Day, the Justice Department has already been rocked by a string of dismissals, resignations, and sidelinings of career prosecutors and senior-level officials, including those involved in the prosecution of the Capitol riots or the criminal charges against Trump. Trump also granted widespread pardons and commutations to those accused of the Capitol attack in his first few hours in office.

Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and his own attorneys Emil Bove, Todd Blanche, and John Sauer are among the allies Trump has appointed to lead the Justice Department and FBI.

Since Barack Obama released new guidelines for intelligence gathering in 2014 following Edward Snowden's revelation of US surveillance programs, this is the first time a US president has given a political speech within the department.

Due to the continuing investigation into possible connections between his campaign and Russia, Trump avoided the department during his first term. (Trump never faced charges.) In 2017, the president attempted to deliver a speech at FBI headquarters, but White House advisors dissuaded him due to the commotion within the agency following his dismissal of James Comey.

Since then, Trump has attacked the FBI and the Justice Department, criticizing them for the escalating investigations into him, his supporters, his campaigns, and his allies. He also made a campaign pledge to utilize the department to target his alleged adversaries.

Due in part to his son's continuing inquiry at the time, Joe Biden avoided the Justice Department. Additionally, Biden's attorney general, Merrick Garland, tried to distance himself from the president by limiting his public engagements with him in light of the then-current investigations into Trump and Hunter Biden.

Trump will speak Friday from the same platform where Garland implied that Trump might be held criminally responsible for his involvement in starting the 2021 Capitol riot on the first anniversary of the pro-Trump mob attack on the US Capitol. For the first time, Garland subtly acknowledged that Trump might be charged after being pressured to address his role. He stated that DOJ is "committed to holding all January 6th perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law– whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy."

The lawsuit was abandoned after Trump was elected last November, despite the fact that he was later charged for his alleged involvement in the attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. Additionally, a Florida court dismissed his accusation of inappropriately keeping classified materials in July; following the election, prosecutors decided not to appeal the decision.