Trump Turns DOJ Into a Weapon (with Preet Bharara)

Trump is turning DOJ and the federal government into a weapon—and this week’s stories show how it works: pressure on the Gateway tunnel, a reporter’s home searched, the Clinton subpoena spectacle, and a DOJ recruiting crisis.

Second half: (Preet Bharara). Trump forced the showdown that led to Preet’s firing—prefiguring today’s collapse of independence. We discuss political prosecutions (Comey, James), the harder edge cases, why the ethics of staying vs. resigning change in a corrupt regime, and where hope comes from now.