'Grave concerns': Democrat fears DOJ has made US 'more vulnerable' by protecting Trump

It's no secret that President Donald Trump views the Department of Justice as his personal law firm, but one Democrat fears that the DOJ's actions to protect the president have made the U.S. "more vulnerable" to hate and attacks.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), a former criminal defense and civil rights attorney, discussed some of the DOJ's efforts to protect Trump during a new interview on "The Daily Beast Podcast" with Joana Coles. She noted the DOJ's efforts to obscure and bury the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files, which the Trump administration is required by law to release in full, and the agency's defense of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro's arrest.

"I just have grave concerns about the type of Department of Justice that would allow the various miscarriages to take place," Crockett said.

Some experts have suggested that Trump is becoming increasingly erratic because he is trying to find a way to distract from the Epstein files release and mitigate an oncoming disaster for Republicans in the 2026 midterm election.

Crockett noted that the administration's decision to arrest Maduro and fly him to New York to face narco-terrorism and weapons charges has made the U.S. look like the bad guys on an international stage.

"From a national security standpoint, this administration is actually making us more vulnerable to hate and attack," Crockett said.

"It's a very dictatorial thing to do to not have the authority or power to go in and take somebody else's leader out," she added. "You can't be the good guy."