How the Trump Justice Department is targeting his perceived opponents

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  I'm Miles Parks.

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  I cover voting.

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  We want to bring you some reporting now from our friends at the podcast Consider This,

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  who looked recently at how President Trump is weaponizing the Justice Department.

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  Here's Elsa Chang in a conversation that aired in their feed on Friday.

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  On the campaign trail, here is what President Trump promised.

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  And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.

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  I am your retribution.

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  In his first year back in office,

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  President Trump has pulled many different levers of government to pursue revenge against those he sees as having wronged or betrayed him.

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  We have a stupid person, frankly, at the Fed.

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  There he is referring to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

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  The U.S.

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  Attorney in Washington is investigating Powell over building renovations that are running over budget.

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