Trump's Latest Attempt at Vindictive Prosecution
Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
Crossover Media Group
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🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Not long after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell made Trump look foolish on national TV by telling him he was wrong about cost overruns for a renovation project, DC US Attorney Janine Pirro started issuing subpoenas, making it seem like she was launching a criminal investigation of Jerome Powell.
Some have suggested that this apparent retaliation is because Powell refused Trump's pressure to cut interest rates. Yet Powell cut rates three times last year! Could this latest move be yet another vindictive prosecution like the ones Trump, Bondi, and Halligan unsuccessfully launched against James Comey and Letitia James?
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Glenn Kirshner. |
| 0:15.6 | Donald Trump is turning on the heat with even more vindictive prosecutions. |
| 0:20.3 | Glenn has the story next on Justice Matters. |
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| 1:36.3 | Hey all. Glenn Kirshner here. So friends, it is abundantly clear. Donald Trump views the Department of Justice as a weapon in his hand. He uses Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche and Lindsay Halligan and Janine Piro to do his dirty work, |
| 1:49.7 | to go after the people that he views as enemies. |
| 1:54.1 | People who held him accountable for his crimes. |
| 1:58.2 | People who held him accountable for his fraud, people who embarrassed him, people who |
| 2:04.5 | questioned him, people who exposed his imbecility, people like James Comey, Letitia James, |
| 2:14.1 | and now Jerome Powell. |
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