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On the recordFebruary 13, 2025
The deputy attorney general was trying to demonstrate to everybody in the Department of Justice there's a new sheriff in town, and that's Donald Trump and the Department of Justice no longer has any independence at all in executing the criminal law enforcement function.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin comments on the implications of the new deputy attorney general's actions under the Trump administration.

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