Trump fires DOJ officials, Eaton fire origins lawsuit, Earth’s “mini moon” & more
CNN 5 Things
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🗓️ 27 January 2025
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| 0:31.1 | Hey there from CNN. I'm Krista Bow with the five things you need to know for Monday, January 27th. |
| 0:37.6 | Sources tell CNN the Justice Department has fired more than a dozen officials who worked on the criminal investigations into President Donald Trump. |
| 0:46.0 | A letter to the officials from Acting Attorney General James McKenry said they cannot be trusted to faithfully implement Trump's agenda. |
| 0:53.2 | The DOJ is also launching what they're calling |
| 0:55.4 | a special project to investigate the obstruction of justice charges pursued by prosecutors |
| 1:00.7 | against some January 6th rioters. That's according to sources who've seen an internal memo on the matter. |
| 1:06.8 | CNN's Paula Reid explains, a senior administration official notes the fact that the Supreme Court reviewed this charge |
| 1:12.6 | being used in the context of January 6th, that it could not be used in this context. |
| 1:16.6 | So now all of these cases are being reviewed. |
| 1:19.6 | The senior administration official called this a huge waste of resources and said this is going to be a fact-finding mission. |
| 1:25.6 | But of course, there are enormous concerns |
| 1:28.1 | about the Trump Justice Department going after prosecutors. |
| 1:31.5 | Of course, this was the largest criminal investigation |
| 1:34.3 | and prosecution in the Justice Department's history. |
| 1:37.0 | Trump has just pardoned most of the people |
| 1:39.5 | who have been convicted all but 14. |
| 1:41.6 | Our pardoned, the 14 received commutations, |
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