Mark Wolf, a Reagan-appointed federal judge, is resigning after four decades on the bench,

and he's sounding the alarm. In an essay published by The Atlantic this week, he wrote,

quote, The White House's assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled

to speak out. Silence for me is now intolerable. Judge Wolf shared additional context and more

of his concerns when I spoke with him earlier today. Judge Wolf, welcome to the NewsHour.

Thank you for joining us.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you and with some of the American people.

I should say you have spent 50 years with the Department of Justice and on the

bench. You have seen a lot of presidents come and go. What is so worrying about this moment and

this president that made you want to speak out? Well, I think this president is unique and uniquely

dangerous. When a new president is elected, he or she is

entitled to set priorities for the Department of Justice. But we have an ideal that's crucial to

me and many others of equal justice under law. And this president repeatedly, overtly, directs the Department of Justice

to prosecute his perceived political enemies at the same time that the Department of Justice

is not investigating possible corruption by people close to the president

and people who are doing things to profit the president and his family.

So that's utterly inconsistent with, as I said,

this fundamental principle of equal justice under law,

to which I've dedicated my professional life for 50 years,

and it's personal to me. It's deeply disturbing.

So from your time in the Department of Justice during Watergate,

you've seen presidents push the limits of power.

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