1,100 former Justice Department officials warn of 'grave threat' to justice, call on Barr to resign
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Attorney General William Barr should resign because of the “grave threat to the fair administration of justice” posed by his political interference in the sentencing of Donald Trump associate Roger Stone, more than 1,100 former Justice Department lawyers1,100 former Justice Department officials warn of 'grave threat' to justice, call on Barr to resign
Attorney General William Barr should resign because of the “grave threat to the fair administration of justice” posed by his political interference in the sentencing of Donald Trump associate Roger Stone, more than 1,100 former Justice Department lawyers have written in a public statement. “But because we have little expectation he will do so,” they continue, “it falls to the Department’s career officials to take appropriate action to uphold their oaths of office and defend nonpartisan, apolitical justice”—in line with the Justice Department’s own rulebook for lawyers. The Justice Department alumni, 85% of whom served under Republican presidents, and more than 100 of whom served under Trump, were crystal-clear about what’s at stake here: “Governments that use the enormous power of law enforcement to punish their enemies and reward their allies are not constitutional republics; they are autocracies.” Read more