Elliot Williams on What a Department of Justice Would Look Like Under Joe Biden

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8 • 966 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Bakari is joined by former Department of Justice official Elliot Williams to talk about who his pick for attorney general would be if Joe Biden wins (5:16), some of the most important police reforms currently underway (21:36), and the importance of the judiciary (34:20). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Elliot Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I want to thank you all for joining another episode of the Bakari Sellers
0:14.4	podcast I can't believe but it's our 17th episode I want to thank everybody at
0:18.2	the ringer I want to thank Kaya I want to thank Ronik I want to thank Bill
0:22.3	Simmons for giving me this opportunity.
0:25.0	Julia, everybody at the Ringer.
0:27.0	This has been an awesome experience and we're already on episode number 17.
0:31.0	I also want to thank all of you everybody who's subscribed everyone who has
0:34.7	tweeted about us shared us with your friends and left the review a positive review not
0:39.2	some of you guys who are spamming me with bad reviews but I love all of you all's positive reviews.
0:44.1	We are able to do what we do because of you. So keep sharing our links,
0:48.6	tweeting about us and Instagramming us what guests you want to see
0:52.1	and the conversations you want to have.
0:55.0	It's Convention Week y'all and as expected our forever First Lady
1:00.0	kicked us off right.
1:02.0	So let me be as honest and clear as I possibly can.
1:07.3	Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he
1:16.2	is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. It is what it is.
1:28.0	She was the headline of her day one of the convention, but one of the headlines from the convention that has pissed off some of my progressive friends
1:34.4	is the feeling that the convention has been geared more towards moderates and Republicans,
1:39.2	where prominent Republicans like Colin Powell and John Kasek get prime time speeches,
1:44.6	where it's prominent progressives, namely Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, only get 60 seconds.
1:51.8	So I get it.
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