department under jeff sessions and the justice department under president obama than there has been between previous administrations? i m looking from outside but sure seems that way to me. there have been statements that this attorney general has made, attorney general sessions has made. the interactions he had with the white house that are inconsistent with the way in which i conducted myself as attorney general and frankly the way in which my plredecessors, many of my predecessors conducted themselves. certainly the berating that he reportedly took by the president is totally inconsistent with my experience and again, i think, inconsistent with all the previous attorneys general that i m aware of. is that just a matter of personality and washington personal drama or do you think that there is national consequence of risk associated with that strange thing that we saw unfold with the president berating his attorney general? i think that actually worries
under jeff sessions and the justice department under president obama than will there has been between previous administrations? i m looking from outside, but it sure seems that way to me. there have been statements that this attorney general has made, attorney general sessions has made. the interactions he s had with the white house that are inconsistent with i think the way in which i conducted myself as attorney general and frankly the way in which i think my predecessors, many of my predecessors conducted themselves. certainly, berating that he reportedly took by the president was totally inconsistent with my experience, and again, i think inconsistent with all the previous attorneys generals that i m aware of. is that just a matter of personality and washington personal drama or do you think that there is national consequence or risk associated with that, that strange thing that we saw unfold with the president berating his attorney general that way? i think that actually wor
with the white house, that are inconsistent in the way i conducted myself as attorney general and the way many of my predecessors presented themselves. certainly the berating he reportedly took by the president is totally inconsistent with my experience. again, i think inconsistent with all the previous attorneys general that i m aware of. is that a matter of personality and washington personal drama or do you think there is national consequence or risk associated with that strange thing that we saw unfold with the president berating his attorney general. that actually worries me because i think it betrays a lack of understanding on the part of the president about what the role of the attorney general has to be. you can t go at the ag in that way. if you truly understand the independent role that he should play within the administration there are going to be things
is totally inconsistent with my experience. and again, i think inconsistent with all the previous attorneys general that i m aware of. is that just a matter of personality and washington personal drama or do you think that there is a national consequence or risk associated with that strange thing that we saw unfold with the president berating his attorney general? i think that actually worries me because i think it betrays a lack of understanding on the part of the president about what the role of the attorney general has to be. you can t go at the a.g. in that way. if you truly understand the independent role that he should play within the administration. there are going to be things that an attorney general s going to do that a president is not going to agree with. and a president really is going to suck it up and say the a.j. has the responsibility to enforce the laws, he s got national security responsibilities, and he is an independent actor in the way that other cabinet offic