"Dozens of U.S. attorneys, who lead prosecutors' offices around the country, went to the White House Thursday for what was supposed to be a ceremonial photo shoot. After Attorney General Pam Bondi introduced the group of prosecutors, Trump criticized them as ineffective, saying the group was making it difficult for Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to do their jobs, the people said."
"Among his grievances with prosecutors, Trump complained that the Justice Department hadn't yet brought a case against one of his most prominent Democratic adversaries, Sen. Adam Schiff of California, the people said. The department has been investigating whether Schiff engaged in mortgage fraud. The senator has called the probe a bogus attempt at political retribution. The president criticized some specific prosecutors by jurisdiction and said he felt betrayed, the people said."
President Donald Trump publicly berated dozens of U.S. attorneys at a White House event, calling them ineffective and saying they impeded Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. He criticized specific prosecutors by jurisdiction and said he felt betrayed. Trump complained that the Justice Department had not yet brought charges against Senator Adam Schiff amid a mortgage-fraud probe the senator called politically motivated. The confrontation increased presidential pressure on the Justice Department to prioritize his agenda. Subsequent developments included Jeanine Pirro subpoenaing Jerome Powell and a Minnesota office investigation shift that prompted multiple AUSA resignations and disputed explanations for those departures.
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