Political Quotes

David Axelrod: He wants to have political control over the Justice Department, and she -- to Scott's point, I think she's fully…

On the recordNovember 20, 2024
He wants to have political control over the Justice Department, and she -- to Scott's point, I think she's fully -- fully, willing, able and capable of doing that.
Said by
David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

David Axelrod discusses Trump's desire for control over the Justice Department and Pam Bondi's alignment with that goal.

Share

More from David Axelrod

Feb 3, 2025

Donald Trump doesn't believe in rules and laws and norms or institutions. He doesn't believe them domestically. He doesn't believe in them internationally and he has defied them to get to this point and back to the presidency.

transcripts.cnn.com
Mar 4, 2025

The place where it has influenced politics is in Canada. Now, Justin Trudeau is not -- he's stepping down. He's going to step down. But there's going to be an election in the next few days for the new Liberal Party leader and then there…

transcripts.cnn.com
Mar 3, 2025

There's no doubt about that. But I also want to say this. You know, all presidents sort of feed off of perceptions of the person who came before and they want to position against what people found lacking in the person that came before.

transcripts.cnn.com
Feb 18, 2025

The president is among those nine percent. Twelve percent of Americans have a favorable view of Vladimir Putin. Most Americans recognize that Vladimir Putin is a murderous, autocrat, dictator, war criminal who instigated this war.

transcripts.cnn.com

Other voices in this conversation