Trump Justice Department Fires Officials Who Investigated Trump

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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A purge at the Justice Department. More than a dozen officials who worked on the criminal investigations into Donald Trump have been fired, according to sources familiar with the matter. Also, the interim US attorney in Washington, DC, has launched an investigation into prosecutors who brought obstruction charges against some rioters that were ultimately tossed because of a Supreme Court decision last summer. Plus, Elon Musk under fire on Holocaust Remembrance Day for comments he made over the weekend to a far-right German political party about, quote, "too much focus on past guilt." Professor Deborah Lipstadt, the former State Department special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, speaks to Anderson about Musk's comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.5	Tonight on 360, breaking news, a purge at the Justice Department.
0:25.0	Officials who prosecuted President Trump are out.
0:27.4	New word on a new investigation to those who prosecuted some of the January 6 defendants.
0:32.6	Also breaking tonight, nearly 1,000 arrested nationwide immigration raids conducted by ICE.
0:37.0	More raids said to be coming, and now a House investigation.
0:40.6	And later, Elon Musk under fire on Holocaust Memorial Day for comments he made to a far-right
0:45.5	German political party about, quote, too much focus on past guilt.
0:50.1	Good evening, we start with breaking news.
0:51.7	Almost two years after he vowed to a crowd of supporters,
0:58.4	I am your retribution, President Trump has launched a massive shakeup at the Justice Department.
1:04.2	Sources tell CNN that more than a dozen officials who worked on the criminal investigations surrounding the president before they were effectively ended by his election had been fired.
1:08.7	Each is said to have received a notice of removal from the acting
1:11.4	attorney general, a portion of which reads as follows, quote, you played a significant
1:15.9	role in prosecuting President Trump. The proper functioning of government critically depends on the
1:20.7	trust superior officials' place in their subordinates. Given your significant role in prosecuting
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