Trump directs Justice Dept. to probe officials who opposed him in first term

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : In the Oval Office, Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director Chris Krebs and former homeland security official Miles Taylor, who penned an anonymous 2018 New York Times op-ed titled "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration" and an anonymous 2019 book that chronicled his observations and concerns during Trump's first term in office.
36% : " Trump has made similar moves targeting law firms that worked on litigation against him.
28% : Trump also revoked security clearances for Krebs, Taylor and any entities associated with them, including the University of Pennsylvania and the cybersecurity firm SentinelOne.
27% : Trump fired Krebs in November 2020, after the cybersecurity official's agency issued a statement calling the election "the most secure in American history."
27% : In the Oval Office on Wednesday, Trump repeated his unfounded assertions.
19% : While signing the memorandums, Trump reasserted his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen, claiming without evidence that "more and more fraud" is reported every day.

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