Analysis: There's nothing new about the Justice Department protecting the executive branch and the president. That's good for the current president, too. - jonallendc
brought by E. Jean Carroll, who says Trump sexually assaulted her and later caused her harm by saying she lied about it.
One of the institutions Garland is guarding is the presidency, which both now and in the future offers shelter for Biden. For time immemorial, the Justice Department, from one president to the next, maintains positions that limit the exposure of the executive branch to legal jeopardy and public embarrassment.
"In this instance, and in others, the assertion of executive privilege appears designed to obscure the president’s misdeeds, and the DOJ’s support of that claim sets back efforts to bring the truth about Trump’s presidency to light," Claire O. Finkelstein, a University of Pennsylvania law professor, and Richard Painter, who was an ethics lawyer in President George W.
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