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It\\u2019s been an interesting week for Donald Trump\\u2019s Department of Justice, despite the fact that Donald Trump isn\\u2019t president anymore. This week, we saw communications from Trump administration officials pressuring people in the Department of Justice to investigate increasingly erratic claims about the November election. In one exchange, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows asked then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to look into a matter dubbed \\u201cItalygate.\\u201d Rosen forwarded the request to his acting deputy attorney general, who replied \\u201cpure insanity.\\u201d What\\u2019s revealed in these communications? Why didn\\u2019t they ultimately bend to the will of the Trump White House? Was anything about their communications legally irresponsible? Ken says you shouldn\\u2019t underestimate the motivating forces of self preservation, institutional preservation, and the likelihood that many people in Trump\\u2019s Department of Justice were about to be on the job hunt.

Then, we knew that the Trump administration had subpoenaed journalists\\u2019 information as part of its leak investigations, but this week, we found out that extended to lawmakers too. Did they necessarily suspect certain lawmakers were leaking material? What were they looking for?

Plus: former White House counsel Don McGahn finally testified and it was kind of boring, new indictments and new plea deals for those involved in the Capitol riots, and Ken makes a connection between Ewoks, Stormy Daniels and Michael Avenatti because Ken\\u2019s gonna Ken.