Elsa Chang

It's Consider This from NPR.

I'm Elsa Chang.

On the campaign trail, here is what President Trump promised.

In his first year back in office, President Trump has pulled many different levers of government to pursue revenge against those he sees as having wronged or betrayed him.

There he is referring to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

The U.S.

attorney in Washington is investigating Powell over building renovations that are running over budget.

Well, here's how Powell responded on Sunday.

This was also the week where several Minnesota federal prosecutors resigned.

The DOJ had pushed them to investigate not the killing of Renee Macklin Good, but instead the woman who is now her widow for her ties to activist groups.

And then another headline tied to the Justice Department this week.

Five sitting Democratic lawmakers said that federal prosecutors recently contacted them for questioning.

Last year, they had all made a statement on video urging members of the military to refuse illegal orders.

One of those lawmakers was Michigan Senator Alyssa Slotkin.

I think it's meant to get you to shut up.

Senator Slotkin spoke to my colleague, Juana Summers, on Thursday.

She said the U.S.

attorneys did not say if they were investigating a crime.

Consider this.

This week, the Justice Department made it clear that it is targeting Trump's perceived enemies with threats of federal prosecution.