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Steve Scaffidi: “Department of justice has gone after both characters in the…”

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Wisconsin's Midday News w/ Jessica Tighe & Telly Hughes - 02/10/26

Published | Video Starts at 1:43:38

Well, the president went after major news organizations. CBS comes to mind, actually changing the way they approach their job. So. Absolutely. Yes. Okay. An authoritarian persecutes political appointment opponents. Yeah. Department of justice has gone after both characters in the last administration, the Biden administration, and ones that they don't like. Now, I would argue that maybe you could make the counterargument that Biden did the same thing against Trump. Yeah, yeah. So also not good. Also not good. All right. (1:43:38–1:43:44)

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