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Deputy AG Jeffrey Rosen joins AG Barr & the President in attacking progressive prosecutors, calling them “social reform D.As” (like that’s a bad thing), and accusing them of engaging in a “power grab.” justice.gov/opa/speech/dep…
In fact, progressive prosecutors are not grabbing power. They are making the decision to use the extraordinary existing power of the prosecutor’s office differently than those who have forgotten that the prosecutor’s job is first to “do justice” - not send ppl to prison.
I hope that when ppl laud Trump for “criminal justice reform” for supporting the modest First Step Act, they will remember that his admin is actively and aggressively seeking to kill criminal justice reform at the local & federal level.
Btw, in case you’ve forgotten who Deputy AG Jeffrey Rosen is, here he is at his confirmation hearing refusing to say that Brown v Bd was correctly decided:
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