The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division says it's opened an investigation into Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's hiring. Why it matters: The letter outlines what the Trump administration and some MAGA activists have identified as race-based hiring that they say discriminates against white candidates.

A U.S. Department of Justice letter issued Monday was a lightning-fast reaction to comments made by Mayor Johnson the day before at the Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn. As Political Reporter Chris Tye reports,

The Department of Justice announced the investigation one day after Johnson spoke at a South Side church and boasted about the diversity in his administration.