'The Department of Revenge' explores Trump's use of DOJ to settle political scores

"The Department of Revenge: How Trump Took Control of American Justice" is a new investigative book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Devlin Barrett , which reveals how Donald Trump restructured the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to exact political revenge.Internal Supervisory Cleanup : The government removed prosecutors and career officials who were deemed disloyal and replaced them with a new system without internal control functions ( checks and balances ).Direct White House Intervention : A direct line of communication was established from the White House to the various bureaucratic machinery in the DOJ, bypassing the legal procedures that normally require going through the Attorney General first.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/today-s-take--6662936/support.