YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - 'They have the stomach for this fight': Media Matters chief on Trump’s DOJ
Media Matters President & CEO Angelo Carusone explains how Donald Trump and Todd Blanche shattered post-Watergate norms.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - 'Absolute distortion' of norms: Former U.S. attorney slams AG Blanche
More than 50 years after Watergate, the independence of the Justice Department is facing a new test after Attorney General Todd Blanche’s refusal to pledge DOJ independence from the White House. Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade joins MS NOW's Symone Sanders to explain why Blanche's position represents an "absolute distortion" of the post-Watergate norms designed to prevent presidential power from becoming personal power.
WASHINGTONPOST (Michelle Boorstein) - By invoking his faith in wartime, Hegseth breaks with history
The defense secretary is upending decades-old norms, and current and former leaders say his proselytizing violates the Constitution and undermines troop cohesion.