A Former US Attorney on How Trump Politicized the DOJ
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
Comedy Central
4.5 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Jon is joined by Geoffrey Berman, a former US attorney from the Southern District of New York—and author of the new book Holding the Line: Inside the Nation’s Preeminent US Attorney’s Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department. They dig into how Bill Barr tried to have Berman fired, why nailing down powerful guys like Trump is so hard, and whether better guardrails could protect our democracy. Berman also happened to be Jon’s neighbor growing up in New Jersey, so they reminisce about old neighborhood gossip. Plus, writers Jay Jurden and Tocarra Mallard trash-talk Ron DeSantis and Brett Favre, who fully deserve it.
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Hosted by: Jon Stewart
Featuring, in order of appearance:
Tocarra Mallard, Jay Jurden, Geoffrey Berman
Executive Produced by Jon Stewart, Brinda Adhikari, James Dixon, Chris McShane, and Richard Plepler.
Lead Producer: Sophie Erickson
Producers: Zach Goldbaum, Caity Gray, and Robby Slowik
Assoc. Producer: Andrea Betanzos
Sound Engineer & Editor: Miguel Carrascal
Senior Digital Producer: Frederika Morgan
Digital Coordinator: Norma Hernandez
Supervising Producer: Lorrie Baranek
Head Writer: Kris Acimovic
Elements: Kenneth Hull, Daniella Philipson
Talent: Brittany Mehmedovic, Marjorie McCurry, Lukas Thimm
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Theme Music by: Gary Clark Jr.
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| 0:02.2 | If you hold them tight enough against your ears. |
| 0:05.8 | I am hearing the ocean. |
| 0:07.6 | That's weird. |
| 0:09.6 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:32.4 | Welcome to the podcast, The Problem with Me, John Stewart. |
| 0:35.0 | The TV show also back on Apple TV plus for season two on October 7th. |
| 0:39.6 | Oh, my God. |
| 0:41.0 | That's almost now. |
| 0:44.7 | And if you haven't seen the first season, you can look at that too. |
| 0:46.7 | There's a link, I guess, for it. |
| 0:48.1 | Today we got a great show. |
| 0:49.1 | We're going to obviously be talking to a couple of our writers. |
| 0:51.4 | Today we have Jay Jerdin and Ticar Malor. |
| 0:53.2 | We're going to be talking to us. |
| 0:54.3 | And our guest, Jeffrey Berman. |
| 0:58.7 | He's a former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the author of |
| 1:02.3 | holding the line, Colin, inside the nation's preeminent US Attorney's office. |
| 1:08.2 | And it's battle with the Trump Justice Department. |
| 1:10.8 | Basically, he got fired. |
| 1:13.4 | Let go for not bending to the politicization of the DOJ. |
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