The Justice Department eyes Trump
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 27 July 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Today on Post Reports, how the Justice Department is investigating former president Donald Trump’s actions surrounding the 2020 election. Plus, how same-sex marriage has become a bipartisan issue.
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This week, a Washington Post investigation revealed that the Justice Department is investigating former president Donald Trump’s conduct surrounding efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Devlin Barrett reports on what the investigation looks like and whether any criminal charges could result.
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Congress is considering a bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriage — two long-standing rights that some fear could be revoked by the court in the future. While the Senate still needs to vote on the bill, almost 50 House Republicans joined Democrats to approve it. Congressional reporter Marianna Sotomayor explains why some Republicans' views of marriage have changed, and the political calculations others could be making with their vote.
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| 0:43.3 | Some big news broke last night on January 6th. The washington Post has found that the Department |
| 0:54.3 | of Justice is investigating the actions of former president Donald Trump. |
| 0:58.9 | For a long time, there were questions and even some criticism that the Justice Department |
| 1:04.3 | wasn't doing anything that made it appear that they were investigating what Trump did |
| 1:09.4 | in the run up to January 6th. |
| 1:11.7 | The news here is that in fact prosecutors are looking at Donald Trump's actions and conversations |
| 1:19.5 | and what instructions he gave those around him in the run up to January 6th. |
| 1:26.3 | That's Devlin Barrett and he covers the Justice Department for the Post. |
| 1:30.4 | I know what you might be thinking when you hear this. |
| 1:32.8 | This means that the DOJ is definitely going to charge Donald Trump, but it turns out |
| 1:37.8 | it's a lot more complicated than that. |
| 1:41.9 | From the newsroom of the washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
| 1:45.1 | I'm Martine Powers. |
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