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>> reporter: so letitia james there says it must be adjourned. she expects it to be adjourned. that's legal speak for just put it on hold as the criminal cases go forward. that's typical. the risk that donald trump faces in new york state as well as with e. jean carroll, that lawsuit also lawsuits about january 6th, there's quite a lot of things bearing down around donald trump in the legal world. boris? >> yeah. all of it unfolding as the 2024 presidential campaign looms large in his world. kaitlan po lands, thank you for that. an update from capitol hill and manu raju who has been tracking...

If i had the privilege to be president of the united states, we're going to clean house at the top of the department of justice. >> despite his claim about the danger to national security, pence is defending the former president by attacking the doj, ex-president for his hearing from many in the gop. like j.d. vance who will put a hold on biden's doj nominations in retaliation. "the washington post" reports the attacks are marking another step away from the gop longtime positioning as the party of law and order. they target the doj and the fbi. cracks are beginning to show. according to new re...

>> reporter: i asked j.d. vance how long he plans to keep this going. he said until he hears from merrick garland or the top justice department officials that they are going to change how they deal with prosecutions. he wants to hear from them about their pursuit of what he calls political prosecutions. so jake, this could go on for some time and affect in particular u.s. attorney nominees, even some that republicans support that would prosecute crimes. >> yeah, it's more dire, i would say, with tommy tuberville holding up all of the military nominees. these are not mittpolitical positions, th...

Overwhelming majority of voices out there at this point in time, and we will see how it plays out, but last night, chris christie was not here singing from that hymn book, and as i pointed out, senator cornyn, and senator thune, and i imagine there a whole caucus of senators who are going to be speaking up soon, and i imagine, senator mcconnell, and some like j.d. vance who is coming out to do what alyssa alluded to, but a good number of republican members in the senate and the house who probably are just keeping powder dry at this point in time, and when are they going to do it is the questio...

So, i think people, if this drags out in particular, as you guys say and robert ray says, then i think they're going to continue to hedge their bets, including presidential candidates who are already hedging their bets. >> at the same time, nia, we're hearing more house republicans really go after the special counsel's entire investigation. >> yeah. and, listen, you see some of that on the senate side, too, with j.d. vance trying to hold up some of the appointees to the justice department. some people are going to be all in with donald trump. and i would say the vast majority of republicans, e...