These reported claims indicate astonishing and unacceptable deviations from the department`s mission to pursue impartial justice which requires that its prosecutorial decisions be free from political influence.
Senator Durbin commented on the claims made in Geoffrey Berman's book regarding political influence in the Justice Department.
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