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The Justice Department, ostensibly independent, is subject to the political machinations of either the attorney general or the president who appoints him.
The lawyers in the U.S. Department of Justice should be subject to independent investigation, just as the FBI and Drug Enforcement Agency are. A bill currently before Congress could get the job done.
More than 20 groups are calling on senators to strengthen the U.S.’s federal inspector general system by passing a series of bills that are being considered in Congress.