This is the Opinions,
a show that brings you a mix of voices from New York Times Opinion.
You've heard the news.
Here's what to make of it.
I'm Aaron Reticka, an editor at large for the Opinion section of the New York Times,
sitting with Jamel Bouie, a columnist for Times Opinion with whom I work very closely.
Before the election,
we worried a lot about what was going to happen if President Trump became president again.
We talked a few weeks ago,
and things were already looking pretty bad on the constitutional crisis front.
And we're talking again now, and I think it's safe to say things look even worse.
So, Jamel, thanks very much for taking the time to talk with me.
Always a pleasure.
Okay, so let's start with almost like a typology of executive power and how they're asserting it,
because we're seeing different things at the Justice Department.
We're seeing one kind of takeover.
The new Trump administration has fired federal prosecutors
at the Department of Justice who were involved in the criminal cases investigating President Trump
and his role in the January 6th Capitol riots.
Let's get right at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.