‘Petty, small-minded and vindictive’: Inside Project 2025’s plan for the Department of Justice

Elie Mystal, Justice correspondent for The Nation, joins Ali Velshi to break down how Project 2025 could radically alter the U.S. Justice Department while playing into Trump’s desire for revenge against a branch which he lacked the power to control during his first term as president. “Trump has active PTSD over what the Department of Justice did to him while he was president,” Mystal says. “So as president again… his entire plan is to power the DOJ and make them jump to his own rules."

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