Domenico Montanaro

And that the credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake.

So

Again, when you're seeing some of these Republicans start to peel off, you know, I think that's a good weather vane for where the politics are headed in all of this.

Of course.

Yep.

You're welcome.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

Definitely.

Virtually everything that's happened over the past week could have been predicted on Inauguration Day.

President Trump returned to the White House promising to investigate his perceived political enemies.

And after the election, people were worried about DOJ, but changes there have been more sweeping and more quick than many of them feared.

The Supreme Court in the immunity case made clear President Trump and future presidents are largely immune from prosecution for their official actions in office.

And so this is an aggressive Justice Department under Trump's full command, really the culmination of statements he made on the campaign trail.

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.