GLENN THRUSH, ALAN FEUER, DEVLIN BARRETT AND MAGGIE HABERMAN

New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Trump has urged and browbeaten supporters to shift their obsession from the Jeffrey Epstein files to the investigation and potential prosecution of Democratic officials he accuses of persecuting him, a cardinal grievance that bonds him to his base.

The Justice Department under Trump, reeling from the angry backlash over its handling of the Epstein case, is now taking its most concrete − if still murky − investigative steps against Trump targets, starting with officials he blames for what he sees as the plot against him: the investigation of his 2016 campaign's connections to Russia.

Attorney General Pam Bondi this week authorized prosecutors to investigate the inquiry the president calls

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