Hello everyone, Harry here. Before we dive into today's special episode, I wanted to pass along

some exciting news about an upcoming event in San Diego that if you are in the vicinity,

I think you won't want to miss. On Wednesday, February 5th, we'll be welcoming Chris Hayes,

the Emmy Award-winning host of All In with Chris Hayes on MSNBC

for a conversation anchored in his new book, The Sirens Call.

The event is part of our ongoing Talking San Diego series of live conversations.

For tickets and more information, visit TalkingSan Diego.net.

And here's our special emergency episode.

Welcome to a special episode of 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. Donald Trump has wasted no time in pursuing his agenda of revenge against the career prosecutors who worked on his cases.

His administration has fired the core of Jack Smith's team expressly and solely for their role in the prosecutions.

Meanwhile, his hand-picked acting U.S. attorney for the

District of Columbia, a prominent election denier and supporter of the January 6th insurrectionists,

has launched an investigation into an aspect of Trump's prosecution in that office.

And adding a little extra layer of cruelty,

the acting U.S. attorney has ordered the review

to be conducted by senior supervisors within the office.

These edicts are just part of a broader wave

of unprecedented moves that have left the vast majority

of career prosecutors across the country shaken and uncertain. And of course, the ultimate cost

of this needless radical overhaul is public safety and the well-being of the American people.

To explain the gravity of Trump's reprisal campaign and its impact on the Department of

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