Trump turned DOJ into his personal law firm

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The Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Monday that it will probe former federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman's claim that former President Donald Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr sought to pressure federal prosecutors to go after Trump's perceived enemies. Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland that the panel will investigate claims of "astonishing and unacceptable deviations" by DOJ officials to pursue partisan prosecutions and Barr's efforts to replace Berman with a "Trump loyalist." Berman's claims "indicate multiple instances of political interference," Durbin wrote, calling on the DOJ to produce all documents and communications related to Berman's claims. "It violated all the norms and traditions of the Department of Justice, which is supposed to be independent from politics," Berman told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday. "Trump turned the department into his own personal law firm. He put in people who would do his bidding. And they would, you know, target Trump's political enemies and assist Trump's friends. And it was a disgrace."