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Commentators have described the refusal to pledge DOJ independence as shattering post-Watergate norms.

Attorney General Todd Blanche has claimed that there is nothing wrong with a president weaponizing the DOJ.

Ari Melber delivers a special report on the tech boom, deregulation, and the MAGA allies who are reshaping AI and media.

While the Trump Justice Department targets small-scale fraud cases, his administration is finding ways to drop charges against crime-committing corporations.

Matt Stoller argues that big corporations are essentially practicing wealth extraction and claims that "The biggest welfare cheats are by far big corporations."

The number of big retail and gig app employees receiving SNAP and Medicaid soared during this period.

Rep. Cory Mills is under an Ethics investigation for allegations involving domestic abuse, stolen valor, and financial misconduct, all of which he denies.

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) resigned earlier this year amid sexual misconduct allegations. Gonzales admitted to an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide, while Swalwell faces additional allegations of sexual assault which he has denied.

House rules do not currently bar members of Congress from having relationships with staffers who work outside of their own offices. However, a bipartisan sexual misconduct task force is weighing a recommendation to ban all lawmaker-staffer sexual relationships, a move endorsed by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).

CNN reported in June that the panel was investigating Gomez regarding an alleged romantic relationship he had in 2023 with an aide who worked for another member of Congress.