'It's the most dangerous thing that has happened so far, the politicization of the Department of Justice. It's become the Department of Trump, and that's wrong,' Biden said on the campaign trail.
Joe Biden speaks at the Black Economic Summit at Camp North End in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 23, 2020. It was Biden's first visit to the key 2020 battlground since bcoming the Democratic nominee for president.Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gave voters a preview of what the Department of Justice would look under his administration, saying it would be a stark contrast to what the agency has become during President Donald Trump's tenure.
Biden pledged that if he wins the election in November, the Justice Department under his administration would be totally independent of his influence, saying"I will not direct them who to prosecute, how to prosecute, what to prosecute.""Not a joke," Biden added. "The answer is I'm not going to pursue prosecuting anybody," Biden said."I'm going to do what the Justice Department says should be done and not politicize it. It's the most dangerous thing that has happened so far, the politicization of the Department of Justice. It's become the Department of Trump, and that's wrong."
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