Trump’s list of targeted opponents grows longer with action against Minnesota’s governor
January 20, 2026
Jerome Powell isn’t the first high-profile official to find himself targeted by the Justice Department since Donald Trump returned to the White House. The Republican president pledged in his inaugural address his government would apply the law fairly — unlike the way he said federal power had been turned against him. What’s happened since is a string of indictments and inquiries and failed attempts at indictments against a long line of people who’ve crossed Trump. The list includes Federal Reserve governors who won’t cut interest rates fast enough for Trump, former directors at the CIA and the FBI, and prosecutors who’ve investigated and even won cases against him.