senators will ask many of the same questions. on abortion he supports overturning roe v. wade. based on his past comments senators may want to push him on lgbt equality. even at the age of 41 there was a dullness about the man. he makes jeff sessions look like elv elvis. our country could do worse than a steady hand if he defends the integrity of the institution against presidential pressure which brings us back to his response about concerns about executive power and the doj. nothing could be more destructive of our system of government, of the rule of law or the department of justice as an institution than any toleration of political interference with the enforcement of the law. biden s assessment of barr might be a sign of coming attractions. i personally like you.
approved me for each of those offices. 27 years ago at my confirmation hearing, i explained that the office of attorney general is not like any other cabinet post. it is unique and has a critical role to play under our constitutional system. i said then, the attorney general has a very special obligation, unique obligations. he holds and trusts the fair and impartial administration of justice. it is the attorney general s responsibility to enforce the law even handedly and with integrity. the attorney general must ensure that the administration of justice, the enforcement of the law is above and away from politics. nothing could be more destructive of our system of government, of the rule of law, or the department of justice as an institution than any toleration of political
impartial administration of justice. it is the attorney general s responsibility to enforce the law even handedly and with integrity. the attorney general must ensure that the administration of justice, the enforcement of the law is above and away from politics. nothing could be more destructive of our system of government, of the rule of law, or the department of justice as an institution than any toleration of political interference with the enforcement of the law. i believe this as strongly today as i did 27 years ago. indeed, more strongly. we live in a time when the country is deeply divided. in the current environment, the american people have to know that there are places in the government where the rule of law, not politics, holds sway, and where they will be treated fairly based solely on the facts and the even handed application
approved me for each of those offices. 27 years ago at my confirmation hearing, i explained that the office of attorney general is not like any other cabinet post. it is unique and has a critical role to play under our constitutional system. i said then the attorney general has a very special obligation. unique obligations. he holds and trusts the fair and impartial administration of justice. it is the attorney general s responsibility to enforce the law even handedly and with integrity. the attorney general must ensure that the administration of justice, the enforcement of the law, is above and away from politics. nothing could be more destructive of our system of government of the rule of law or the department of justice as an institution than any toleration of political interference with
cable news today and flipping through when the whole michael flynn thing was going on. it was interesting to hear the different takes, especially fox news scurrying around to figure out how do we spin this? what do we do? oh, my gosh, he was ambushed, and the judge on there saying, no, he wasn t ambushed. he just admitted in court he wasn t ambushed. i was wondering the entire time, i wonder what john dean is saying about this terrible day that michael flynn is having in court with this judge, who was furious. well, i m familiar with this, judge. i had a civil case as a plaintiff in front of him that after being long in discovery with a judge who wasn t paying much attention to it, judge sullivan came in, and it happened to be one of the defendants was the infamous gordon liddy, who was always full of shenanigans. and the judge had no toleration for this whatsoever. so i ve watched him for a long time and realized that he s not