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Lawfare Archive: Preserving Justice Department Independence

From April 28, 2018: On Thursday, former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates hosted a <a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/press-releases/Sally-Yates-Hosts-Democracy-in-the-Balance-at-Georgetown-Law.cfm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">conference at Georgetown Law</a> on the future of American democracy. Matt Axelrod, Bob Bauer, John Bellinger, Jack Goldsmith, and Don Verrilli participated in a panel on the norms that govern contacts between the White House and the Justice Department, how the Trump administration has broken them, and what can be done to protect the Justice Department’s independence in this administration and future ones.Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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