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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis. I cover politics.

I'm Carrie Johnson. I cover the Justice Department.

And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent.

And it is 159 p.m. on Tuesday, February 25th. And today on the show, an NPR exclusive, an investigation into the federal court

system, the people who work there, and what happens when they're faced with sexual harassment

or bullying. And a heads up, we will be talking about sexual assault in this episode.

Carrie, this is your reporting. You spent the better part of a year reporting this story out,

and we're going to have more of that reporting on the podcast this weekend. But first, I'm always curious about what led you to

start asking questions about this in the first place. You know, over the last few years, I've really

been thinking about accountability and the balance of power in all kinds of different contexts.

And it seemed to me the federal courts were kind of

underinvestigated. And so I did a piece last year. We put out a call out for stories from people

around the country who have worked in some capacity for the federal court system. And I heard back

from dozens and dozens and dozens of people. I spent weeks and weeks and weeks last year on and off in between

reporting about what the Justice Department was doing talking to people about their experience

working for the courts, either for judges or probation or parole offices or federal public

defenders and the like. And what I heard was really important, I think. And we're going to hear

more about that on Saturday.

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