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MSNBC's Morning Joe hosts were gobsmacked over an opinion piece in The New York Times about a top Trump administration prosecutor threatening Georgetown University Law School over its alleged continued use of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in its curriculum.

The piece by David French revolves around a letter sent to the law school's dean by Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Martin was a 2020 election denier who lead the "Stop The Steal" movement that resulted in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski read a portion of the letter on-air.

"It has come to my attention reliably, that Georgetown Law School continues to teach and promote, DEI," Brzezinski read. "This is unacceptable."

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The piece said that Martin has "begun an inquiry into the school and demanded to know whether it had eliminated all DEI — which he does not define, but in right wing circles tends to refer to any action at all designed to increase diversity or honor historically marginalized people — from the school and its curriculum."

French wrote, "Even a first year law student knows that the federal government cannot dictate the viewpoint and curriculum of a private Christian school. Yet here was a federal prosecutor opening an inquiry into a Jesuit school."

"It's unbelievable!" Joe Scarborough exclaimed. "Oh my God! And these are the same people like that have constantly said, 'How can you interfere on a Catholic institution's ability to do what they're guided by their their moral conscience to do?'"

French discussed his piece on the show, saying that Martin is "reflective of a problem that is a profound problem going on in the administration right now, related to how the Justice Department is used to pursue political ends, and that is certainly what's going on here with Georgetown."

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