#justice-department-politicization

#justice-department-politicization

Ken, Ken, Ken, hold on the host interjected. Donald Trump had Barr send John Durham all over the world and make himself look like a fool, being an investigator investigating the investigation. No, no, no! This has already been done. They tried this in 2019 and 2020, and John Durham and Bill Barr looked like fools because they investigated the investigators.

Thursday's indictment of the former F.B.I. director James Comey bore a single, telling signature: that of Lindsey Halligan, installed by President Donald Trump just three days earlier to serve as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Halligan is an insurance lawyer turned Trump attorney and White House aide; in March, Trump appointed her to remove "improper ideology" from the Smithsonian. She has scant experience in federal courts and none as a prosecutor.

known for years that there are costs for standing up to Donald Trump.

I think we have maybe a deal on Gaza, very close to a deal in Gaza, Trump said before calling on reporters. I think it's a deal that we'll get the hostages back. It's going to be a deal that will end the war. It's gonna be a deal withit's gonna be peace. I think we have a deal. That'll be number eight, Peter, Trump said, directing his remarks to Fox News's Peter Doocy.

The former federal prosecutor lit into FBI Director Kash Patel for botching the aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination. Patel has faced intense criticism from inside and outside the administration for his handling of the high-profile case including for his announcement that authorities had a suspect in custody in the early hours after the shooting on Wednesday, only to later walk that back.

Donald Trump sees himself as the person who gets to decide everything. And he doesn't care about any separation. In fact, he absolutely rejects the idea that there should be a separation between criminal investigations and the politically elected leader of the United States. This is much different than it's ever been run before, Christie told ABC's Jonathan Karl in a discussion about the recent FBI raid on John Bolton's home.