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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Trump Fires Justice Department Officials Who Prosecuted Him

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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President Trump fires more than a dozen Justice Department officials who prosecuted him as he orders investigations into prosecutors who tried cases against other January 6th defendants. Plus, Trump is hosting House Republicans at his Florida golf club as they strategize over his legislative agenda.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Happening now, breaking news. President Trump fires more than a dozen U.S. Justice Department officials

0:39.2

who prosecuted him as he orders investigations into prosecutors who tried cases against

0:45.1

other January 6 defendants. Is this the beginning of the retribution he promised on the campaign

0:51.5

trail? Also breaking. Trump is hosting House Republicans at his

0:55.9

Florida Gulf Club as they strategize over his legislative agenda. New executive orders

1:02.0

also on the way tonight with an expected ban on transgender troops and a crackdown on

1:07.6

DEI programs in the U.S. military. Plus, U.S. high-tech stocks tumble after a bombshell announcement from a Chinese artificial intelligence company,

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why the new model's extremely low price, price tag is sending shock waves through Silicon Valley.

1:24.6

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

1:29.4

I'm Wolf Blitzer. You're in the Situation Room.

1:39.3

This is CNN Breaking News.

1:41.8

Let's get straight to the breaking news from the U.S. Justice Department, a major shakeup

1:46.7

underway as President Trump fires more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on criminal

1:52.3

investigations into him.

1:54.6

Our chief legal affairs correspondent, Paula Reid, is on the story for us.

1:58.1

Paula, this move from the Trump administration is not a total surprise.

2:02.6

Not a surprise at all, Wolf, because President Trump has repeatedly vowed to seek retribution

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