getting together is pretty remarkable. and i m not sure the president s going to be too pleased with that. raj, what about i know you have a worry about long-term damage to this institution. the department of justice, that has already started to pile up in your view. that s right. today we re talking about the attorney general, tomorrow we may be talking about the outcome of the russia investigation. but the real long-term story is, how can we prevent, hopefully on a bipartisan basis, further erosion to the institutional credibility of the justice department and the fbi? it takes decades to build the foundation for that credibility. and just minutes to put cracks in it through a tweet or otherings. it was sessions former brother, republican senator from alabama shelby, who said today, i wouldn t be anybody s whipping boy, i wouldn t be belittled. so the president versus the attorney general continues. gentlemen, thank you so much. matthew nussbaum, raj day, we ll
getting together is pretty remarkable. and i m not sure the president s going to be too pleased with that. raj, what about i know you have a worry about long-term damage to this institution, the department of justice, that has already started to pile up in your view. that s right. today we re talking about the attorney general, tomorrow we may be talking about the outcome of the russia investigation. but the real long-term story is, how can we prevent, hopefully on a bipartisan basis, further erosion to the institutional credibility of the justice department and the fbi? it takes decades to build the foundation for that credibility. and just minutes to put cracks in it through a tweet or other actions. it was sessions former brother, republican senator from alabama shelby, who said today, i wouldn t be anybody s whipping boy, i wouldn t be belittled. so the president versus the attorney general continues. gentlemen, thank you so much.
the justice department in their statement to axios said that this was a pre-planned dinner, but certainly the symbolism there of sessions and rosenstein getting together is pretty remarkable. and i m not sure the president s going to be too pleased with that. raj, what about i know you have a worry about long-term damage to this institution, the department of justice, that has already started to pile up in your view. that s right. today we re talking about the attorney general, tomorrow we may be talking about the outcome of the russia investigation. but the real long-term story is, how can we prevent, hopefully on a bipartisan basis, further erosion to the institutional credibility of the justice department and the fbi? it takes decades to build the foundation for that credibility. and just minutes to put cracks in it through a tweet or otherings. it was sessions former brother, republican senator from alabama shelby, who said today, i wouldn t be anybody s whipping boy, i wo