Lawfare Daily: The Justice Department as a Political Weapon

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🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In a live conversation on September 29, Lawfare Senior Editor Kate Klonick spoke to Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare Senior Editor Anna Bower, and Professor of Practice at New York University Bob Bauer about the recent indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and what it says about the Trump administration’s ongoing politicization of the Department of Justice. This conversation is a part of our newly-launched show, Lawfare Live: The Day After, on Substack. You can join us for the next one by becoming a free subscriber to our Substack at lawfare.substack.com.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.

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1:10.8	It's the Lawfare podcast. I am Lawfare Senior Editor Kate Cognic with Lawfare
1:16.2	Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes, Senior Editor Anna Bauer, and Professor of Practice in New York
1:21.6	University and Lawfare editor Bob Bauer. Today we're bringing you audio from our newly
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1:36.9	In today's show, which was recorded Monday, September 29th, we discussed the basics of the
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