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Lawfare Archive: Preserving Justice Department Independence

The Lawfare Podcast

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The President's Right to Intervene in the Justice Department

The current president has said that he has the absolute right to do what he wants with the Justice Department and Justice Morning. DOJ alumni, both Democratic and Republican administrations, were a gas at comments like that because it's so contrary to the way things worked when they were there. John Avlon: Are the alumni sort of right to react so strongly when they hear things the president say that he has anabsolute right to do  with the Justice Department?Avlon: I guess I would ask you, the president's ahead of the executive branch. You know, Don said it's different. It's why is it different? It should be different?

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