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.
Dick Durbin: “These reported claims indicate astonishing and unacceptable deviations from the department`s mission to pursue impartial…”
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Senator Durbin commented on the claims made in Geoffrey Berman's book regarding political influence in the Justice Department.
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