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Forget it happened and no one will cite it in the future when a corrupt president gets in there? apparently. late last night the justice department under merrick garland told the court the justice department is now going to continue the position of the trump era justice department in the stomach-churning case of e. jean carroll. youll recall this high-profile case, she accused president trump of rape. he responded by insulting her and calling her a liar. in response to that, she sued him for def...

At least for a while during the biden administration, the justice department kept doing it, kept seeking the reporters records and not telling the news organizations what they were doing. at least for a while. at least until it started to come out. come on. i mean, i get the poetic justice of putting judge merrick garland in this really big, prestigious job after he was so mistreated by the republicans in the senate and after he didnt get that supreme court seat. i get the good karma, whatever t...

Want to look at myself. he had remembered, right, what happened to merrick garland. he decided he wouldnt let that be the last of merrick garlands career, and merrick garland was confirmed to the attorney general of the united states. he was confirmed fairly easily. it turned out republicans didnt really have any substantive objections to him at all. there is a same sort of justice to that seeing judge julien neals being confirmed today. not forgetting, not letting that shameful treatment of tha...

Partisan actors and auditors and the way theyre doing, but who cares if its illegal as long as they dont get in trouble for it? why would they stop? under merrick garland, the justice department notified them they were breaking the law, and then they did nothing about it. are you noticing a theme here? letting all this stuff slide is not only not going to stop it from happening now, its not going to stop it from happening again. and i do absolutely and uncynically get the poetry, this what goes ...

I dont think anybody expected it would be continued. were going to have more on the e. jean carroll case, that shocking decision coming up a little later in the show. were also watching closely now in terms of how the justice department is going to go after reporters sources, after this kerfuffle with the "new york times" reporters and "the washington post" reporters, under the source of propublica about rich americans radically underpaying their taxes compared to regular americans. unauthoriz...

>> yeah. i think its the wrong decision. now, i think if you were to ask them their views, they would say, we are defending the office of the presidency and not donald trump per se, and its important that we protect this right of the president to say whatever it is he needs to say in the scope of his duties. but the reason this fails, i think, is the reasons that were stated by the trial judge in this case when he rejected this position this justice department took in the court below. this idea ...

Prosecute them. ever hear that? or im being sued because im a -- im being sued by a woman. represent me. personally represent me in the state of new york on not allowing my tax returns. what is that about? what is that about? >> yeah, what was that all about? that was candidate joe biden last fall criticizing president trump for turning the u.s. department of justice, as he put it, into his own personal law firm, including the justice department telling the court, telling the federal court that ...

Power and its massive resources, to clean house and clean up and find the depths of the bad behavior and misconduct by officials at that agency. after the previous president really did use federal law enforcement, he used the justice department to lawlessly go after his enemies and reward his friends. under donald trump, the u.s. justice department was corrupted in multiple cases. trump didnt just want to do that, he didnt just express a desire to do it. under bill barr he did it because there w...

Could you look at yourself every day knowing thats how you got your job? he just takes an electric razor to the corner saying, i dont want to look at myself. he had remembered, right, what happened to merrick garland mt --. he decided he wouldnt let that be the last of merrick garlands career, and merrick garland was confirmed to the attorney general of the united states. he was confirmed fairly easily. it turned out republicans didnt really have any substantive objections to him at all. there i...

Trump did here, is not the official act of an american president. a federal judge last fall agreed, but late last night the justice department, under the biden administration, the justice department led by merrick garland said they would appeal that judges ruling and try to continue with the trump justice departments case that trump cannot be held liable for those allegedly defamatory statements that he made. joining us now is barbara mcquade, former justice department official. thank you for be...