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Monday, December 21, 2020

Trump Justice

NY Times: ‘I’m Haunted by What I Did’ as a Lawyer in the Trump Justice Department - No matter our intentions, lawyers like me were complicit. We owe the country our honesty about what we saw — and should do in the future. By Erica Newland - Ms. Newland worked in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department from 2016-18.

We attorneys diminished the immediate harmful impacts of President Trump’s executive orders — but we also made them more palatable to the courts.

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3 comments:

Mark said...

"I never harbored delusions about a Trump presidency. Mr. Trump readily volunteered that his agenda was to disassemble our democracy, but I made a choice to stay at the Justice Department.."

It's great that Ms. Newland is now ready to tell us how bad she feels.
Only when safely unemployed is there public remorse.
Perhaps she feels better now. I don't.

8:03 AM
Jim Sande said...

I've noticed that too. How many GOPers who are leaving office or have left office now publicly state what a disaster Trump is versus how many say anything at all while they hold office. It's all about fearing Trump's violent base, death threats, all of that.

8:41 AM
Mark said...

On one hand, it's hard to blame people who fear for their jobs, but "after the fact Jesus Moments" mean squat for us the living. I but I suppose since they get to confess they are let into heaven.

9:55 AM

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