Judges around the country work very hard to get it right.

And if they don't, their opinions are subject to criticism.

But personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it's got to stop.

Hi again, everyone. It's 5 o'clock here in New York. I'm Alicia Menendez in for Nicole Wallace.

With an unprecedented level of attacks against judges all across the country,

Donald Trump is choosing to escalate his calls for revenge against those that rule against him.

Here is what he said last night.

The time has also come for Republicans to pass a tough new crime bill that imposes harsh

penalties for dangers, repeat offenders, cracks down on rogue judges. We got rogue judges that are criminals. They're criminals.

What they do to our country, the decisions that they hand down and hurt our country. And I could

tell you something. I've gone through it. And the decisions that these people make, I got a decision on tariffs

that's going to cost our country, not me. These new demands for a legal crackdown on sitting

judges comes against this dangerous environment that they are now working in. NBC News reporting

the quote, there has been an increasing number of threats against federal judges in recent years,

according to data maintained by the U.S. Marshal Service. There have been 314 investigations

involving 202 judges since October, the agency says. But apparently, Trump's revenge campaign comes above the

safety of the judges and the rule of law itself. That's not the only way this administration is going

after the people that hold Trump accountable. Trump's retribution campaign against one of his

perceived political enemies is also plowing ahead. My colleague Von Hilliard reports that, quote, after the Department of Justice failed to

convict New York Attorney General Lettisha James on charges of mortgage fraud last year,

the Trump administration's federal housing chief, Bill Pulte, has filed a new criminal

referral to the department.

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