i mean, probably the thing for which ed meese is both remembered by both his supporters and detractors is that ronald reagan put him in charge of a presidential commission on porn. ed meese was assigned to head up the anti-pornography crusade of the reagan administration, which resulted in, among other things, a 2,000-page report, which was very poorly received, because it did not appear to be at all based on any empirical evidence. nevertheless, attorney general meese formed what he called an obscenity strike force inside federal law enforcement. he then led the justice department to prioritize new and creative means of bringing prosecutions to try to blot out and eliminate the scourge of pornography from america. and while that must have been exhausting, ed meese also became the sort of animating legal force in the reagan administration behind the iran/contra scandal. some day, someone will make an
of the united states, all of this stuff was happening. he s under investigation for all of those criminal allegations. and because of that, under ed meese at the justice department, there was a sort of famous revolt at the justice department sort of executive level right underneath him. i mean, he s the attorney general, the number one official in the justice department, the number two official in the justice department is the deputy attorney general, the job that rod rosenstein famously had early in the trump administration. well, under ed meese, his deputy attorney general resigned in protest of having to work under somebody like ed meese. also, the head of the criminal division at the justice department resigned in protest at having to work under somebody like ed meese, who was under all of these multiple criminal investigations while still running the justice department himself. four other top officials resigned at the same time, along with those top justice department officials. a
for a sitting attorney general. i mean, probably the thing for which ed meese is best remembered for, by both his supporters and detractors is that ronald reagan put him in charge of a presidential commission on porn. ed meese was assigned to head up the anti-pornography crusade of the reagan administration, which resulted in, among other things, a 2,000-page report, which was very poorly received, because it did not appear to be at all based on any empirical evidence. nevertheless, attorney general meese formed what he called an obscenity strike force inside federal law enforcement. he then led the justice department to prioritize new and creative means of bringing prosecutions to try to blot out and eliminate the scourge of pornography from america. and while that must have been exhausting, ed meese also became the sort of animating legal force in the reagan administration behind the iran/contra scandal.
of the united states, all of this stuff was happening. he s under investigation for all of those criminal allegations. and because of that, under ed meese at the justice department, there was a sort of famous revolt at the justice department sort of executive level right underneath him. i mean, he s the attorney general, the number one official in the justice department, the number two official in the justice department is the deputy attorney general, the job that rod rosenstein famously had early in the trump administration. well, under ed meese, his deputy attorney general resigned in protest of having to work under somebody like ed meese. also, the head of the criminal division at the justice department resigned in protest at having to work under somebody like ed meese, who was under all of these multiple criminal investigations while still running the justice department himself. four other top officials resigned at the same time, along with those top justice department officials. a
thank you for having me. so i just in the opening segment tonight tried to explain what we understand about the justice department sort of trying to pursue criminal charges against mccabe. let me just ask you, have i goent anything wrong or if there s anything else you can update us on at this point. and i think you mostly got it right. it s a real mystery. we learned this week that the grand jury ha hadn t been seen in months was suddenly summonsed back. and usually that s an indication that charges are imminent. right? they ve presented all this evidence. they ve had these high-level discussions, some of which you talked about in the open. and they ve summoned the grand jurors back. so you expect they re going to present an indictment. on wednesday when the grand jury is back in they leave, no indictment. today mccabe s team is notified, the deputy attorney general, the number two official at the justice department has decided your appeal is sort of void, we re going to go forwar