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Hundreds of attorneys & judges offer to support any Trump official opposing political misuse of DOJ
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/520171-hundreds-of-attorneys-and-judges-offer-to-support-any-trump-officialHundreds of attorneys and judges are offering support to Justice Department officials who resign or speak out about what they say is “political misuse” of the department by Attorney General William Barr in the lead-up to the Nov. 3 presidential election.
In an open letter, Lawyers Defending American Democracy, a nonpartisan group of legal professionals that includes attorneys and former federal and state judges, say they are expressing their support for Department of Justice (DOJ) officials who “may face difficult choices about participating in political misuse of the DOJ.”
“The public and these professionals should know that if they stand up to such misuse — whether via resignation, public statements, or other forms of expressive dissent — they will have broad support in the legal profession, whose best traditions they will be upholding,” the group wrote.
The letter comes after James Herbert, an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, spoke out against Barr in The Boston Globe in September over concerns that Barr was politicizing the Justice Department. Herbert said he was inspired to speak out after Barr gave a speech at Hillsdale College, a conservative Michigan institution, in which he claimed virtual absolute power within his agency.
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In an open letter, Lawyers Defending American Democracy, a nonpartisan group of legal professionals that includes attorneys and former federal and state judges, say they are expressing their support for Department of Justice (DOJ) officials who “may face difficult choices about participating in political misuse of the DOJ.”
“The public and these professionals should know that if they stand up to such misuse — whether via resignation, public statements, or other forms of expressive dissent — they will have broad support in the legal profession, whose best traditions they will be upholding,” the group wrote.
The letter comes after James Herbert, an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, spoke out against Barr in The Boston Globe in September over concerns that Barr was politicizing the Justice Department. Herbert said he was inspired to speak out after Barr gave a speech at Hillsdale College, a conservative Michigan institution, in which he claimed virtual absolute power within his agency.
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