The past few days have been pretty wild for our colleague Sadie German.

She covers the Justice Department and has for the last seven years.

In the annals of my experience covering the Justice Department, even this one, was a bit of a crazy week.

We started the week investigating sexual misconduct

allegations against Trump's first Attorney General pick Matt Gates. And every day, there was just

this drip, drip, drip of bad news about Matt Gates. For years, the lawyer and former Florida

congressman has faced allegations of sexual misconduct

and drug use, allegations that he's denied.

But with Gates poised to head a powerful federal department, concerns about those allegations

grew.

And yesterday, you know, maybe around noon, I just hear people start shouting, Gates is out, Gates is out. Oh, my gosh. And so, you know, maybe around noon. So I just hear people start shouting, Gates is out, Gates is out.

Oh my gosh.

And so, you know, then that sort of started this long rolling day.

Gates's withdrawal was a hit to President-elect Donald Trump,

who sees the job of Attorney General as one of the most important roles in his new administration.

The DOJ Department of, I call it the Department of Injustice.

I will direct a completely overhauled DOJ to investigate every radical out of control prosecutor

in America for their illegal racist in reverse enforcement of the law.

Because they're using the Department of Justice to rig the

campaign. The Attorney General pick has been Trump's number one personal priority, and he has long

considered this remaking the Justice Department, one of his central issues and his agenda.

Now, Trump has a new pick to lead the department, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.

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