Ex-DOJ lawyer: I felt we used 'the law to legitimize' Trump lies

NewRoxFan · Jan 11, 2019

Ex-DOJ lawyer: I felt we used 'the law to legitimize' Trump lies

Newland wrote that while working at OLC, she saw “again and again how the decision to trust the president failed the office’s attorneys, the Justice Department and the American people.”
Click to expand...

I sometimes felt that, rather than engaging in professionally responsible advocacy, my OLC colleagues and I were using the law to legitimize lies.”
Click to expand...

“The article described editors ‘scouring hundreds of hours of footage . . . in an attempt to assemble an artificial version of history in which Trump’s shoot-from-the-hip decision made sense,’” Newland wrote. “Like a staff member at ‘The Apprentice,’ I occasionally caught myself fashioning a pretext, building an alibi.”
Click to expand...

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...felt-we-used-the-law-to-legitimize-trump-lies

Forums

Ex-DOJ lawyer: I felt we used 'the law to legitimize' Trump lies

NewRoxFan Member

Share This Page

About ClutchFans

Rockets Content

Support ClutchFans!