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Powerful letter.
From: 60 former federal prosecutors, all alumni of US Attorney's Office for DC
To: Acting head of the office Tim Shea
RE: Political interference of Barr, Trump; need to assert independence
(@hsu_spencer reporting)
washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
Powerful letter.
From: 60 former federal prosecutors, all alumni of US Attorney's Office for DC
To: Acting head of the office Tim Shea
RE: Political interference of Barr, Trump; need to assert independence
(@hsu_spencer reporting)
washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
2. The "letter was drafted independently by assistants to former U.S. attorneys Earl J. Silbert—an appointee of Richard Nixon ... and Thomas A. Flannery, another Nixon appointee..."
#CountryOverParty
#CountryOverParty
3. Former prosecutors to Tim Shea:
Barr and Trump's actions "have created the perception that political interest has been married to substantive prosecutorial decisions at the highest level, and that the Office no longer is able, nor can it be trusted, to act independently."👇
Barr and Trump's actions "have created the perception that political interest has been married to substantive prosecutorial decisions at the highest level, and that the Office no longer is able, nor can it be trusted, to act independently."👇
4. "Recent events in the last few weeks, which continue unabated as this letter is written, have created significant alarm and concern that the Office’s independence, devoid of political influence, is in grave and imminent peril."
- Alumni of the US Attorney's Office for DC
- Alumni of the US Attorney's Office for DC
