Jon argues that the indictment of James Comey is a brazen act of political persecution and clearly motivated by revenge, carried out by unqualified loyalists in the Department of Justice.

“It is so obvious and brazen. It's the most brazen thing any of us ever seen I've ever seen at the Department of Justice. There's no even pretense that there's anything other than a political prosecution. It's happening right in front of our eyes.”

John Lovett suggests that the administration's planned legal actions against progressive organizations are a campaign of intimidation.

“So it is it it's a campaign of intimidation. It's a campaign of like perhaps we could seize assets and money and power”

He characterizes the Trump administration's use of power, such as the targeting of Letitia James, as political retribution that disrupts the court system.

“There must be a mistake. Nevertheless, that doesn't mean that you have to indict. figure it out, work it out, but don't bring the court system into this political nonsense.”