Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

I'm Miles Parks. I cover voting.

We want to bring you some reporting now from our friends at the podcast Consider This,

who looked recently at how President Trump is weaponizing the Justice Department.

Here's Elsa Chang in a conversation that aired in their feed on Friday.

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

And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution. I am your retribution.

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.

We have a stupid person, frankly, at the Fed.

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. The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates

based on our best assessment of what will serve the public rather than following the preferences

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

The DOJ had pushed them to investigate not the killing of Renee Maclin 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.

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