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That said, nothing lasts forever. one of the scandals of the george w. bush era is that they let that rule, they let that post-watergate reform slide. do you remember there was a scandal in the george w. bush administration about them making federal prosecutor jobs, u.s. attorney jobs, making those jobs into political plums they handed out. remember the phrase loyal bushys. in the george w. bush administration one of their big scandal was they filred perfecty competent prosecutors and replaced them with political hacks who they liked. raising clouds of suspicion that those loyal bushy very rep...

Ways nixon tried to strangle the investigations that ultimately brought him down, this was an important post-watergate reform. preserve the independent letting them do their job. particularly when an investigation involves the white house but also in general the white house shouldn't be able to steer prosecutions, right? shouldn't be able to steer investigations. the rule of law should be independent. the justice department should be independent. that rule put in place firmly and through this interesting mechanism in the aftermath of watergate. and for good reason. that said, nothing lasts for...

Post-watergate reform slide. do you remember there was a scandal in the george w. bush administration about them making federal prosecutor jobs, u.s. attorney jobs, making those jobs into political plums they handed out. remember the phrase loyal bushys. in the george w. bush administration one of their big scandal was they fired perfectly competent prosecutors and replaced them with political hacks who they liked. raising clouds of suspicion that those loyal bushy very republican favorited new federal prosecutors would pursue criminal investigations and prosecutions that were favored by the w...