Even as she reflects on last year\u2019s campaign in\u00a0touring for her new book, Kamala Harris has been weaving in critiques of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term that came out of her loss \u2013 and\u00a0FBI Director James Comey\u2019s indictment\u00a0was too much to ignore.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating, but more than that, it\u2019s painful to see,\u201d Harris said, speaking exclusively to CNN on Friday afternoon during a break in the Washington swing of her tour, when asked what she made of Trump\u2019s term so far. \u201cIt\u2019s painful to see. I mean what\u2019s happening with Comey: Are you fucking kidding me? The United States Department of Justice?\u201d<\/p>\n
Before being elected to the Senate in 2016, the former vice president spent\u00a0her professional life as a prosecutor, including her time as San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general, and issues of the law hit hard for her.<\/p>\n
Harris warned during the campaign that Trump would\u00a0go after people\u00a0he considered his political enemies. The Justice Department bringing charges against Comey came after Trump\u00a0publicly pressured\u00a0Attorney General Pam Bondi and\u00a0replaced the US attorney for the district where Comey was indicted.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said it; we knew he would do it,\u201d Harris said. \u201cBut it is every day unrelenting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harris said she had seen the Truth Social post from last week addressed to \u201cPam,\u201d as in Bondi, demanding the prosecution, and had heard the speculation that it might have been intended as a direct message to the attorney general.<\/p>\n
Either way, Harris told CNN, Trump\u2019s intent seemed clear, and that means a president who has ordered the prosecution of a person against whom he has long sought vengeance.<\/p>\n
Asked whether she sees the indictment as the crossing of a Rubicon, or a boundary, Harris said, \u201cI don\u2019t know. Define Rubicon.\u201d<\/p>\n
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