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Stay Tuned with Preet

Quitting the DEA After a Career Doing Justice (with Chuck Rosenberg)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Rosenberg has done some of the most important jobs in law enforcement, from United States attorney to acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, a job he resigned from last fall. He talks to Preet about why he quit, the opioid crisis, and how to try a terrorist. Plus: Preet answers your questions about Andrew McCabe and what’s next for the special counsel.  Do you have a question for Preet? Tweet them to @PreetBharara, email staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 and leave a voicemail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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From Cafe and WNYC Studios, welcome to stay tuned. I'm Pete Barara. The job is to do justice.

1:05.9

And sometimes that means convicting someone and seeking a jail term. And sometimes that means

1:10.9

walking away entirely from a case. Doing justice is our job, not putting people in prison

1:16.3

and certainly not mistreating the defendants that we encounter. That's Chuck Rosenberg.

1:22.8

He spent his career working in law enforcement. Among other things, he was the US attorney

1:26.9

for the Eastern District of Virginia and also the Southern District of Texas. And most

1:31.0

recently, he was the acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration or DEA. He resigned

1:36.0

last fall. We're going to talk about why he left, how to try a terrorist in court, how

1:41.4

to combat the opioid crisis and a lot more. That's coming up. But first, let's get to

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your questions. Hi, Pete. This is Kelly and we hawk in. I'm just wondering if Andy

1:52.9

McCabe has any kind of legal rehearse to get his benefit. Thanks Kelly for your question.

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