Weaponizing the Department of Justice

Weaponizing the Department of Justice

From Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson

May 30, 2026 · 11 min

About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's actions regarding the Department of Justice and legal challenges he faces.

May 28, 2026 Trump is treating the nation’s capital as his property, Trump is lashing out, filing suits against E. Jean Carroll and the Wall Street Journal, Grand juries as well as judges are losing faith in the Department of Justice, Trump appears to be focused on corrupt dealings that benefit him and his family, Thirty-five former federal judges have challenged the slush fund set up by Trump and his MAGA loyalists and the notion that they had reached a “settlement agreement” with the Department of Justice, The judges wrote: “… the parties’ settlement was not, and never will be, legally justified.” Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/g9TUa1Rwd6U?si=T8_KKcHQZElhpnZ- Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe You can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…

People in this episode

Host: Heather Cox Richardson

Topics covered

  • Department of Justice
  • Trump
  • legal challenges
  • federal judges
  • political corruption

Keywords

  • Trump
  • Department of Justice
  • E. Jean Carroll
  • Wall Street Journal
  • federal judges
  • political corruption
  • MAGA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Department of Justice, MAGA

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