This is a very significant legal development. Let me explain (thread)
Doug Letter spent 40 years at the Justice Dept before retiring earlier this year. For him, public service is a family matter and a calling.
Doug shared this as his proudest moment at Justice - “The Obergefell case," he said. "That's the one where the Supreme Court decided that gay marriage was constitutionally protected."
Former Attorney General Eric Holder says Doug Letter “personifies what is best about the Justice Department.”
As for Letter, he told me in March that “one obviously has to be concerned about the Justice Department and the future of the Justice Department."
Since then, he’s been thinking and advising at Georgetown Law Center, to great acclaim.
The news that Doug will serve as the top lawyer for the House of Representatives means that Nancy Pelosi & other Dems will have the benefit of sterling legal advice as they advance a legislative agenda, and as they seek to impose accountability on the Trump White House/agencies.
