The Takeout with Major Garrett, 4/28/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Under Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the Department of Justice indicts former FBI Director James Comey once again. Katrina Kaufman joins Major in New York with more. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposes a new congressional map that, if passed, would likely give Republicans four extra seats in the House. Rep. Kathy Castor, a Florida Democrat, whose district would be impacted, reacts to the map. Plus, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is leading a state accountability commission seeking to provide answers following ICE enforcement in the state through Operation Midway Blitz. Major interviews Gov. Pritzker on what he hopes to accomplish with this initiative, his executive order on prediction markets and much more. Listen to the full episode here!
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| 0:00.0 | Former FBI director James Comey indicted again, seashells by the seashore. |
| 0:06.1 | Yes, a federal case is being made about it. |
| 0:10.2 | King Charles addresses Congress an appeal to remember and reinvigorate the special relationship. |
| 0:16.5 | Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker on his state's Immigration Accountability Commission, |
| 0:21.4 | prediction market regulation, and the future of the Chicago Bears. |
| 0:34.1 | Hello, everyone, I'm Major Garrett in New York. Welcome to the takeout. The Trump Justice Department today indicted former FBI director James Comey for this Instagram post. The allegation, it was an incitement of violence against the president. The department went to the eastern district of North Carolina to obtain this indictment. It comes as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, |
| 0:55.9 | President Trump's former personal attorney, has made it abundantly clear he would like to be |
| 1:00.6 | nominated for Attorney General. Pam Bondi fired last month as Attorney General drew Trump's wrath |
| 1:06.7 | in part because of a perceived ineffectiveness in pursuing Trump's political enemies. |
| 1:11.9 | This context cannot be separated from the Comey indictment today. |
| 1:16.5 | Interestingly, today also saw a new development in the case of James Comey's daughter, Marine Comey. |
| 1:22.3 | A federal judge ruled that Marine Comey, a prominent former federal federal prosecutor can proceed with her lawsuit against |
| 1:29.4 | the Trump Justice Department for her termination. Marine Comey's suit alleges she was fired, quote, |
| 1:35.6 | solely or substantially because her father is former FBI director James B. Comey or because of her |
| 1:42.2 | perceived political affiliation and beliefs or both, |
| 1:46.6 | unquote. There was also a significant appeals court ruling today against Trump administration |
| 1:52.0 | mass deportation policy. A three to zero ruling from the Second Circuit Court rejected efforts |
| 1:58.4 | to deport people without release on bond if they have no criminal |
| 2:02.0 | records and have lived in America for years or decades. Federal Appeals Court Judge Joseph Bianco, |
| 2:08.2 | a Trump appointee said the policy amounted to a seismic shock to established immigration detention |
| 2:14.8 | procedures and constituted a, quote, radical break from precedent, |
| 2:19.5 | far beyond congressional intent. This ruling, we should note, conflicts with much more sympathetic |
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