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The president's animus against Comey is so intense that the Justice Department recently fired Comey's daughter without any clear reason.
Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.
James eventually will have her day in court just like Jim Comey did.
And President Trump has said recently more action may be coming against people who have crossed him.
We know prosecutors have been looking at the former National Security Advisor John Bolton.
His home was searched by the FBI this year.
They've also been looking at California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff, a vocal critic of Trump who says he's done nothing wrong.
One case involves the president sweeping tariffs.
Two others involve the firing of a Democratic commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission and Trump's attempt to fire Lisa Cook on the Federal Reserve Board.
There are a few more cases on the emergency docket now that could get a full hearing from the Supreme Court.
A White House spokeswoman, Abigail Jackson, says the Supreme Court has consistently upheld the Trump administration's policies despite an unprecedented number of legal challenges.
She says the president will continue to carry out the policy agenda the voters elected him to pursue and that he will be vindicated by higher courts.
Well, let's start with the Justice Department, my focus, where new leaders have basically swept the top ranks of the civil service. They've fired prosecutors who worked on cases against Donald Trump and against people who stormed the Capitol. They've fired the top ethics officials, the pardon attorney, the person in charge of Freedom of Information Act requests.
Well, let's start with the Justice Department, my focus, where new leaders have basically swept the top ranks of the civil service. They've fired prosecutors who worked on cases against Donald Trump and against people who stormed the Capitol. They've fired the top ethics officials, the pardon attorney, the person in charge of Freedom of Information Act requests.
Well, let's start with the Justice Department, my focus, where new leaders have basically swept the top ranks of the civil service. They've fired prosecutors who worked on cases against Donald Trump and against people who stormed the Capitol. They've fired the top ethics officials, the pardon attorney, the person in charge of Freedom of Information Act requests.
And they've tried to transfer some of the country's most experienced prosecutors who handle national security and tax issues into an office devoted to immigration. That's one of Trump's top priorities. They've also installed Ed Martin as U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. He has no prosecutorial experience. He's been posting on social media that he's a lawyer for the president.
And they've tried to transfer some of the country's most experienced prosecutors who handle national security and tax issues into an office devoted to immigration. That's one of Trump's top priorities. They've also installed Ed Martin as U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. He has no prosecutorial experience. He's been posting on social media that he's a lawyer for the president.
And they've tried to transfer some of the country's most experienced prosecutors who handle national security and tax issues into an office devoted to immigration. That's one of Trump's top priorities. They've also installed Ed Martin as U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. He has no prosecutorial experience. He's been posting on social media that he's a lawyer for the president.
And he's threatened to go after people who criticize billionaire Elon Musk.
And he's threatened to go after people who criticize billionaire Elon Musk.