14 Feb 2025 7:42 am
Thursday’s crisis was different, according to Justice Department veterans, in that the political leadership seemed resolved to assert total control over the career prosecutors that many staff members see as the backbone of the agency.
There is growing fear at department headquarters that its politically appointed leaders are determined to remove an entire layer of highly qualified and experienced senior career officials, and in doing so, end the traditional independence of investigating and charging corruption cases. The administration has already moved on a number of fronts to scale back anti-corruption work.
In response, current and former Justice Department officials said, defense lawyers on a wide variety of cases are drafting direct appeals to Mr. Bove to try to nullify pending charges or investigations.
Ibid.
Normalizing Grift....
There is growing fear at department headquarters that its politically appointed leaders are determined to remove an entire layer of highly qualified and experienced senior career officials, and in doing so, end the traditional independence of investigating and charging corruption cases. The administration has already moved on a number of fronts to scale back anti-corruption work.
In response, current and former Justice Department officials said, defense lawyers on a wide variety of cases are drafting direct appeals to Mr. Bove to try to nullify pending charges or investigations.
Ibid.
Normalizing Grift....