Hey folks, Preet here. Joyce Vance and I are out with the latest episode of The Insider

podcast. Today we discuss President Trump's ouster of the Eastern District of Virginia's

U.S. Attorney-U.S. Attorney-U.S.E. Burtt and his Truth Social Post urging Attorney

General Pam Bondi to prosecute political rivals. Then we break down the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the investigation and charges that followed,

the political aftermath, and the First Amendment controversies that have arisen since.

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So I will say, trying to say this without hyperbole, that of all the things Donald Trump has

done and posted and said in the second term, and there are a lot of such things that are, I think,

problematic and undermining of the rule of, and there are a lot of such things that are, I think, problematic and

undermining of the rule of law and law and order. But this combination of firing a guy who

is your own appointee who has no reason to be thought of, although Trump came up with some

reasons, no reason to be thought of as somebody from Democratic circles,

Republican appointee, saying, if you're not going to indict my enemies, you're fired, and I'm going to find somebody who will do that, combined with this post that I'll read part of in a moment,

I think is the most dangerous thing that Donald Trump has done,

and auger is the most dangerous part of his presidency coming up.

I've been thinking a lot about how we talk about this and express what you've just said.

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