The DOJ

[SHRED]

So sickening watching it being hollowed out to become another arm of the tRump administration.

I vaguely remember when the AG represented the people of the USA rather than the pResident.

We are in serious trouble.

[real Cannabis calm]

1. you got that right!

[PeeJ52]

2. Cmon SHRED, you gotta remember when John Mitchell ran it too though, right?

same thing... History repeats itself, hopefully. It took a while for the Republicans to come around back then too. Maybe Assange getting arrested will do it for tRump.

[world wide wally]

3. RFK once held the Justice b of Attorney General

My, how far we've fallen.

[CharleyDog]

4. W (as in Shrub) had mealymouth bootlickers for AG.

Remember, (torture advocating) Ashcroft?

How about Alberto Gonzales. Oh, he was a ripe one. More torture advocating, mass dismissal of US Attorneys, and Shumer called on Gonzales to resign because he was too much of a suck up.

from Wikipedia

By Schumer's count, Gonzales had stated "over a hundred times" that he didn't know or couldn't recall important details concerning the firings, and also didn't seem to know about the workings of his own department. Gonzales responded that the onus was on the committee to prove whether anything improper occurred. Schumer replied that Gonzales faced a higher standard, and that under this standard he had to give "a full, complete and convincing explanation" for why the eight attorneys were fired.[39]

Both Democrats and Republicans were critical of Gonzales's testimony to congress, which was widely regarded as exhibiting greater loyalty to president Bush than to the truth.[23] With increasing numbers of senators calling for him to go, Gonzales resigned as Attorney General effective September 17, 2007.[40]

[ancianita]

5. Bottom line -- this AG acts as if this is a nation of men. He represents Trump's interests

above all others.

BUT. This is a nation of laws.

I'd rather we err on the side of the law's pace than ours.

Also, I just wrote to Adam Schiff about the legal precedent of the House getting the whole enchilada of the report and tax returns if, as Lawrence Tribe says, they begin impeachment proceedings.

Did you see nevermypresident's post about it? It's killer!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212002895

We ought to bug congressional leaders to press for this.

We could really get a substantive amount of work done and election fodder for 2020.