For one thing, [Trump] failed to preserve an objection on immunity grounds to most of the evidence that is the subject of his current motion."
And, in any event, all of the evidence that he complains of either concerned wholly unofficial conduct or, at most, official conduct for which any presumption of immunity has been rebutted,
This outcome is a critical step forward in addressing the government’s unfair and highly politicized treatment of Pete,
As important as it is for him, it also vindicates the privacy interests of all government employees. We will continue to litigate Pete’s constitutional claims to ensure that, in the future, public servants are protected from adverse employment actions motivated by partisan politics."
While I have been vindicated by this result, my fervent hope remains that our institutions of justice will never again play politics with the lives of their employees,
One of the more deceptive episodes in the 2020 elections....with Barr and Trump turning the actions of one temporary poll worker into a national scandal, to promote the false claim of widespread voter fraud. And they violated the secrecy of the ballot in the process."
Bill Barr enthusiastically abetted Trump's false claims over voter fraud before, during, and after the 2020 election. He stopped only after it became clear that Trump had no viable way to remain in power, then pretended he had opposed the Big Lie all along."
I think Trump would do less damage than Biden, and I think all this stuff about a threat to democracy—I think the real threat to democracy is the progressive movement and the Biden administration,
I handled this investigation properly from start to finish and my public statements were explicitly approved by the AG or his senior staff,
Nearly every DOJ lawyer we interviewed – both career employees and Trump Administration political appointees – emphasized how ‘unusual’ it would be for the department to issue a public statement containing details about an ongoing criminal investigation, particularly before any charges are filed,
It’s appalling. We don’t do this,
Providing this information to the President, who was not bound by the Department’s policies prohibiting comment on ongoing investigations and who had a political interest in publicizing the investigation, created the risk that the President would use the Department’s non-public investigative information to advance his own political aims,
Department leadership was aware of information that substantially undercut