Today’s notice: Huge crowds turn out to mourn Charlie Kirk. Trump leans on the DOJ. Planning for AI’s impact on 2026, or not. And: Trumpworld picks an Iowa standard-bearer.
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Turning up the heat: President Donald Trump posted an open letter to AG Pam Bondi over the weekend in a series of Truth Social messages, marking the latest test in this administration’s ongoing effort to expand executive power.
The president demanded prosecutions of people who he said tormented him in recent years — New York AG Letitia James, Sen. Adam Schiff and James Comey, former director of the FBI.
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That’s not all: The weekend also saw the departure of U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Erik Siebert, whom Trump chose for the job in May. ABC News reported Siebert was told late last week Trump wanted him out after reports that James would not face prosecution for widely MAGA-circulated allegations of mortgage fraud Siebert’s office investigated.