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Anderson Cooper 360

2,000+ former DOJ officials call on Attorney General Bill Barr to resign

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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More than 2,000 former Justice Department officials, who served both in Republican and Democratic administrations, have released a statement calling on Attorney General Bill Barr to resign. Elie Honig, a former federal prosecutor who signed this protest statement, joins Anderson Cooper. Plus, Tom Perez, Democratic National Committee chairman, discusses the upcoming Nevada caucus and why he says this process will go much smoother than Iowa. Airdate: February 17, 2020To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening, former National Security Advisor, John Bolton.

0:05.2

Today, once again, had the opportunity to speak out about what he saw during moments that

0:09.8

were central to the president's impeachment.

0:12.1

And once again, he chose not to, continuing to tease, not tell.

0:16.2

So we begin tonight, keeping them honest, with some other public servants who are taking

0:19.7

their own duty more seriously.

0:21.8

More than 2,000 former federal prosecutors and other justice department officials, veterans

0:26.4

of Republican and Democratic administrations, all of them, calling on Attorney General

0:31.3

Bart to step down.

0:33.3

Quoting now from their statement, Mr. Bart's actions in doing the president's personal

0:37.2

bidding, unfortunately, speak louder than his words.

0:40.3

Those actions, the damage they've done to the Department of Justice's reputation for

0:44.0

integrity and the rule of law, require Mr. Bart to resign.

0:48.5

Now that is unprecedented.

0:50.4

And so is this.

0:51.4

USA Today reporting that a national association of federal judges has called an emergency

0:56.4

meeting for tomorrow to address growing concerns about intervention by the Justice Department

1:01.2

and the president in politically sensitive cases.

1:04.8

All of this in the wake of the Attorney General's intervention after the president tweeted about

1:08.7

it in the sentencing of the president's friend and fixer Roger Stone.

1:12.8

As you know, four federal prosecutors quit the case in protest, one quit his job.

1:17.3

The president congratulated Attorney General Barr who maintains his impartiality despite

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