interview. there s so much going on. we want to get the court ruling, which we will, but first, i wanted to get your thoughts, really, on the interview that you did and i want to play for our viewers the part where you did discuss what is a huge issue for the nation right now, one president who does oversee a doj, while a former president awaits trial. i want to play from your interview. i made a commitment that i would not in any way interfere with the justice department, who they prosecuted, if they prosecuted, how they proceeded. i ve not spoken once, not one single time, with the attorney general on any specific case. not once. i have faith the justice department will move in the direction that is consistent with the law. and so, it may take time, but i have faith that they re going to do the right but i ve not spoken about that. the president s answer there to you, i m curious your thoughts.on t surprise you that it was rachel maddow that sort of articulated this b
what s clear is that this president s defense against attacks to our democracy from his predecessor is to double down in a near zealous defense and protection of institutional norms. so, you know, i think that there was an open question, right? what would happen to doj after trump and barr and durham made so clear that they were comfortable politicizing it? and what would happen is what you just saw. that would happen. the next president who ran on restoring our institutions would do so by zealously protecting the department s independence. now, i have been very critical of the pace of the department s investigation into trump s role in plotting the coup. i asked him. that answer came because i asked him about washington post reporting that you and i have talked about because it was a