Federal judge slams President Trump's comments about Andrew McCabe's case, likens it to a "banana republic", Trump claims he has "legal right" to intervene in DOJ cases despite Barr asking him to stop DOJ-related tweets

Erin Burnett OutFront

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🗓️ 15 February 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Officials: Barr privately orders re-examination of Flynn case, raises more questions about political interference at justice dept., Nevada caucus volunteer: "I am concerned" about reporting results, "we are going to be using an online tool... we have never seen or been trained on", Contract shows DNC was involved in Iowa caucus app development, DNC chair responds to anger over changing debate rules, allowing Bloomberg to qualify for next Democratic debate, Klobuchar sounds alarm over Sanders' political beliefs: "I certainly don't think that is where our country is", As Sanders surges, Democrat rivals question his electability, Nearly 70 women now say they were sexually assaulted by same doctor as Andrew Yang's wife, Trump-Bloomberg feud reaches new heightsTo 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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0:31.2	Out front next, Banana Republic, a federal judge slamming the president for getting involved in the
0:36.1	case against the former FBI deputy director, Andrew McCabe.
0:40.0	This as the Attorney General, Bill Bard, tells the Justice Department to take another look at the Michael Flynn case.
0:46.4	Plus just eight days until the Nevada caucuses, could we see a repeat of the Iowa debacle?
0:52.0	A man overseeing multiple precincts there tells me he has not yet been
0:57.3	trained. And Bernie Sanders, moving on to Super Tuesday states, topping more new polls. Is it the
1:02.9	Sanders Democratic Party now? Let's go out front. And good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. Outfront
1:09.9	tonight, Banana Republic. A federal judge tonight with withering commentary about the Department of Justice Judge Reggie Walton saying, quote, I don't think people like the fact that you got somebody at the top basically trying to dictate whether somebody should be prosecuted. I just think it's a banana republic when we go down
1:28.5	that road. Now, this federal judge, Walton, Judge Walton, by the way, is a Republican-nominated
1:34.9	senior federal judge, clearly is slamming the president of the United States. In this particular
1:39.8	case over Trump's insistence that the Department of Justice investigate the former FBI deputy
1:45.0	chief Andrew McCabe. Now, tonight, the Department of Justice is dropping that probe, but at the
1:50.8	same time, the Attorney General Bill Barr tonight is giving Trump yet another huge present.
1:55.7	An official telling CNN that Barr is privately ordering a reexamination of some high-profile
2:00.4	cases, including
2:01.7	one Trump cares a lot about, his former national security advisor, Michael Flynn.
2:06.7	Flynn is awaiting sentencing for lying to the FBI.
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