Fresh Air — “Implications Of The DOJ Targeting The President’s Critics”
Legal scholar and former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade explains how President Trump’s push for the Justice Department to pursue his political opponents (e.g., James Comey) erodes long-standing norms separating law enforcement from politics, threatening prosecutorial independence and the rule of law. The episode lays out why charging decisions must be fact-based, not person-based, and how abandoning that standard risks lasting damage to democratic safeguards.