Sheldon Whitehouse: “I remember talking to one of the older prosecutors in the office about what I should worry about. He said: Just…”

“I remember talking to one of the older prosecutors in the office about what I should worry about. He said: Just remember, remember that woman with the scales of justice, Claire. Remember she has a blindfold on. That blindfold is what this is about today. Frankly, it doesn't matter whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, whether you were for George Bush or not for George Bush. What matters today is how those prosecutors out there in this country feel right now, and what this incident did to the way they feel about their jobs. Because there are thousands of professional prosecutors--some of them have been appointed, some of them have been hired, some have been elected--what they all have in common is they understand their job is not about politics, it is about the rule of law.”