Carrie Johnson
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Yes, several Democrats this week told us they've heard from the FBI and agents who want to interview them.
They say this is an infringement on their First Amendment rights and potentially their rights as lawmakers as they try to do their jobs.
One of them, Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, has gone so far as to sue the Pentagon, which has been threatening to reduce his rank and benefits over what he said in that video.
Yeah, a real whirlwind.
On Sunday night, Jerome Powell, the Fed chairman, made a video explaining that he seemed to be under criminal investigation for testimony he gave on Capitol Hill about renovations to the Fed's buildings.
Powell basically said this was a smokescreen that
President Trump wants to get rid of him because the Fed wasn't moving as quickly as Trump wanted on interest rates.
And then a few days later, FBI agents showed up in the morning at the home of a Washington Post reporter.
They took two laptops, a phone and a smartwatch.
The Justice Department says this is tied to an investigation of a federal contractor who's been accused of retaining government secrets.
But to search a reporter's home is a stunning step, one that past administrations had avoided and one that also may run afoul of a federal privacy law.
They're not saying much about the investigation of Jerome Powell or the one of Democratic lawmakers on the video, but they are defending the immigration efforts in Minnesota.
The Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch says federal immigration officers are risking their lives in Minneapolis.
under chaotic conditions, and they have to make split-second decisions.
He says he sees no reason to open a civil rights investigation into Renee Macklin Good's death.
Instead, DOJ seems to want to investigate Good's widow and any ties she has to activist groups.
Major unrest in the U.S.
Attorney's Office in Minnesota.
Several prosecutors quit.
These resignations are part of a broader pattern that's been happening across the country since Trump took office in Tennessee, D.C., Virginia.