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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.
And of course, what happened in last year, New York, with the dropping of the case against former New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
In all these instances...
The ethics of career prosecutors are being put to the test.
And so long as the president commands the Justice Department to target his critics, it's likely to keep happening.
And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.
Well, the situation in Minneapolis is really highlighting some of these aggressive tactics of the Trump administration.
There's new polling this week out from a couple of outfits.