Trump’s Interference with the DOJ

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Feds Jamie Gorelick, Paul Fishman, and Amy Jeffress – a group with hugely rich experience from line Assistant U.S. Attorneys to the highest reaches of Main Justice—describe and explain the norms that should govern the interactions between political employees and career prosecutors. Those norms were firmly respected before the Trump Administration, which has routinely flouted them, infecting DOJ’s law enforcement function with crass political considerations. The result is a series of body blows to the Department, from the morale of career employees to its reputation for impartiality before the federal courts. The Feds close with some surmises about how likely it is that the damage will outlive the Trump Administration, and what restoring DOJ culture will require. Full transcripts and more available at talkingfeds.com/news See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're hearing my voice and it's the week of July 8th,
0:04.5	we are in the middle of our six episode series here at Georgetown Law School
0:11.4	and to reserve your seat for coming episodes, you can go to TalkingFeds.com-news.
0:20.7	Hello, everyone here at Georgetown Law School and listening to the podcast.
0:33.2	The TalkingFeds have come to DC.
0:36.1	We kept hearing that there were some significant events happening here and we wanted to see for ourselves.
0:41.4	I'm Harry Littman, I'm a former United States Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General
0:47.4	and a current Washington Post columnist.
0:50.7	We're here in Washington to tape a series of podcast episodes at the Georgetown University Law Center,
0:58.3	just blocks from the Capitol Dome where someone appears to have angered the gods
1:03.5	because a pock-aliptic rain has been falling all morning.
1:07.3	But thanks to our gracious hosts at Georgetown Law's Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection.
1:15.5	We've put together six podcasts based on the theme, After Moller, Challenges and Prospects for US
1:23.3	Democratic Institutions. And I have to say it's a phenomenal lineup of episodes and speakers
1:30.0	without doubt among the most experienced, thoughtful, and authoritative commentators in the country.
1:36.3	And we are thrilled that they've agreed to join us.
1:40.1	Let's dive right in with our first panel of the series,
1:43.4	protecting the Department of Justice from undue political interference.
1:49.0	We have a remarkable panel with us today, as one who worked down the hall from all of them for
1:55.1	several years, I can say that the panel is scary, qualified, and impressive. First, Jamie
2:02.6	Garellek, a partner at Wilmer Hall, Jamie served as the Deputy Attorney General from 1994 to 1997
2:11.7	in her remarkable career. She's also served as the General Council of the Department of Defense,
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