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I think a strong federal law mandating how the districts should be drawn is something that`s absolutely necessary.
The Republicans are being unbelievably aggressive. They are trying to cement what they did in 2011 -- in 2021 through the redistricting process.
Well, it`s unprecedented. You know, the notion is that an ex- president can invoke executive privilege and especially with regard to people who are not on his staff, like Bannon, is simply inconsistent with the law.
This is about the heart of our democracy, what happened on January 6, and what Bannon and Trump and all of these other people did to have the first armed attack on our Capitol in a couple hundred years.
This investigation, what we`re doing here is important to protect the rule of law, but also equal justice under law, because we have had a regime for four years in which attorneys general coddled their friends, the Trump friends, and threw…
What it says is, the Congress says we need information from you, and you refuse to even show up because you`re afraid to tell the truth under oath, we`re going after you.
I think you have to be really worried about the action that took place today, because this was not like your usual 100-page, complex legal document fulfilled with legalisms to rebut Trump`s bizarre made-up claims of immunity or something.
This demonstrates a real big problem in government. It`s true in every administration. There are always yes-people who surround themselves with Cabinet officials of presidents who say, don`t worry about that pesky law, this or that, here`s…
The idea that Steve Bannon is covered by executive privilege, I mean, come on, give me a break.
I think it`s really important that you do this by the book, Garland is the opposite of those joke attorneys general that we`ve had over the last four years.
No. This is this is a criminal matter some ongoing examination of the referral. And as you know, the Justice Department doesn’t comment on those. We evaluate this in the normal way we do facts and the law and applying the principles of…
That is a serious abuse of power by the president.
It suggests to me that Trump can’t get what he wants, which is people to stonewall the grand jury.
Our democracy depends on the right of eligible voters to cast a ballot and to have that ballot counted. The Justice Department will continue to use all the authorities at its disposal to protect this fundamental pillar of our society.