"We've got a lot of foreign policy this week, a telltale sign that the foreign policy ain't going great. Domestically, control of the Senate could come down to Alaska, or at least that's what reporters are telling their editors as they try to secure summer trips. And a Ford factory worker became the new face of the resistance. First, we begin with the slew of scandals and drama at the Justice Department this week and attempt to discern the root of it all."
"We also learned this week that federal prosecutors are investigating five additional Democratic lawmakers who posted a video last year urging troops to ignore illegal orders. (The Pentagon has been harassing another Democrat, Sen. Mark Kelly, for months.) Trump had called their video "seditious." Meanwhile, a wave of DOJ prosecutors resigned under pressure to investigate not the ICE killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, but Good's widow instead."
The Justice Department experienced significant turmoil, including investigations and resignations that suggest politicization and presidential pressure. Federal investigators examined Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell over testimony and renovation costs amid claims of pressure to lower interest rates. Prosecutors opened inquiries into five Democratic lawmakers who urged troops to ignore illegal orders, and the Pentagon reportedly harassed Sen. Mark Kelly. A wave of DOJ prosecutors resigned after being pressured to investigate the widow of Renee Good instead of the ICE killing that preceded her death. The White House attempted to distance itself from certain probes while broader concerns about foreign policy and Senate control persist.
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