"for cause protections were unconstitutional."
"deeply corrupt bargain"
"The dominant objective of this administration is corruption and lawlessness."
"This is an outrageous violation of the rules of prosecutors and an offense against due process, and a very dangerous first move for the Department of Justice to be making under the Trump people."
"The Justice Department is at war with its own attorneys, its own prosecutors, and the whole episode is just saturated with corruption."
"He may not [agree to withdraw the charges]. He may go ahead and try to appoint another prosecutor to go ahead and go through with the indictment that was handed down by a grand jury."
"I'm against corruption across the board."
"the president is seeking to attract all of the corrupt politicians in America to his side."
"They were told to kill it for political reasons."
"The president is seeking to attract all of the corrupt politicians in America to his side."
"this is an outrageous violation of the rules of prosecutors and an offense against due process."
"the Attorney General did not cite any changes in the facts of the case."