Back to politics now. Eight months into
00:00
his second term. President Trump this
00:01
weekend called for ramped up
00:03
investigations into his political foes.
00:04
CBS's Willie James Inman is at the White
00:07
House for us with new details on this.
00:09
Willie James, good evening. Tony, good
00:11
evening to you. President Trump is
00:14
demanding that the Justice Department go
00:15
after his political rivals following a
00:17
shakeup in the US attorney's office in
00:20
Eastern Virginia.
00:22
This weekend, President Trump is
00:24
publicly putting pressure on the
00:26
Department of Justice and Attorney
00:28
General Pam Bondi. In a post on True
00:30
Social, the president said, "What about
00:32
Comey, Adam Shifty, Schiff, Leticia?
00:34
They're all guilty as hell, but nothing
00:37
is going to be done." Adding justice
00:40
must be served.
00:42
It's an effort to try to silence and
00:43
intimidate people, but I refuse to be
00:45
silenced or intimidated.
00:47
The president's demand is drawing
00:48
criticism from both sides of the aisle.
00:50
We need to get uh politics out of the
00:53
judicial system as much as we can.
00:55
In a shakeup within the DOJ, Trump says
00:57
he will nominate senior White House aid
01:00
and former personal defense attorney
01:02
Lindseay Halligan as the top prosecutor
01:04
for the US Attorney's Office for the
01:06
Eastern District of Virginia. Eric
01:08
Sebert, who was serving in the role, was
01:11
pushed out Friday after failing to move
01:13
forward with a mortgage fraud case
01:15
against New York Attorney General
01:17
Leticia James. who looks like she's very
01:19
guilty, but that's going to be up to the
01:21
DOJ.
01:23
Also this weekend, new push back on the
01:24
use of masks by federal agents.
01:26
We're not North Korea, Mr. President.
01:28
We're not the Soviet Union. This is the
01:31
United States of America.
01:33
California Governor Gavin Newsome on
01:35
Saturday signed a bill into law banning
01:37
most local and federal law enforcement
01:40
officers from wearing masks while on
01:42
duty.
01:44
Ice unmask. What are you afraid of? The
01:45
cal the California law goes into effect
01:48
on January 1st, but the White House is
01:50
expected to fight the move in court. And
01:52
Tony, the Washington Post Post reports
01:55
the Trump administration plans to make
01:57
an announcement Monday about a purported
01:59
link between Tylenol and autism risk.
02:01
Tony,
02:04
we'll be watching that. Willie James,
02:04
thank you very
02:05
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Back to politics now. Eight months into
his second term. President Trump this
weekend called for ramped up
investigations into his political foes.
CBS's Willie James Inman is at the White
House for us with new details on this.
Willie James, good evening. Tony, good
evening to you. President Trump is
demanding that the Justice Department go
after his political rivals following a
shakeup in the US attorney's office in
Eastern Virginia.
This weekend, President Trump is
publicly putting pressure on the
Department of Justice and Attorney
General Pam Bondi. In a post on True
Social, the president said, "What about
Comey, Adam Shifty, Schiff, Leticia?
They're all guilty as hell, but nothing
is going to be done." Adding justice
must be served.
It's an effort to try to silence and
intimidate people, but I refuse to be
silenced or intimidated.
The president's demand is drawing
criticism from both sides of the aisle.
We need to get uh politics out of the
judicial system as much as we can.
In a shakeup within the DOJ, Trump says
he will nominate senior White House aid
and former personal defense attorney
Lindseay Halligan as the top prosecutor
for the US Attorney's Office for the
Eastern District of Virginia. Eric
Sebert, who was serving in the role, was
pushed out Friday after failing to move
forward with a mortgage fraud case
against New York Attorney General
Leticia James. who looks like she's very
guilty, but that's going to be up to the
DOJ.
Also this weekend, new push back on the
use of masks by federal agents.
We're not North Korea, Mr. President.
We're not the Soviet Union. This is the
United States of America.
California Governor Gavin Newsome on
Saturday signed a bill into law banning
most local and federal law enforcement
officers from wearing masks while on
duty.
Ice unmask. What are you afraid of? The
cal the California law goes into effect
on January 1st, but the White House is
expected to fight the move in court. And
Tony, the Washington Post Post reports
the Trump administration plans to make
an announcement Monday about a purported
link between Tylenol and autism risk.
Tony,
we'll be watching that. Willie James,
thank you very
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