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Welcome to Talking Fed's, a roundtable that brings together prominent former federal officials

and special guests for a dynamic discussion of the most important political and legal topics

of the day. I'm Harry Littman. In a striking rebuff of Trump's campaign of vengeance prosecutions, a Norfolk grand jury

rejected a new indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James. It's another embarrassment

for the Department of Justice coming just days after a judge dismissed the original charge

against James. But all signs suggested that the Department

of Justice always focused first and foremost on doing Trump's bidding, would keep trying for

another indictment. Back in Washington, Congress rushed to investigate an incident in which

U.S. forces attacked an alleged drugboat in the Caribbean,

then struck again to kill two survivors who were reportedly clinging to fragments of the boat.

Controversy is raging over whether the attack was legitimate and warranted or starkly criminal.

The episode put a harsh spotlight on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who came in for

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