Rep. Jamie Ruskin (D-MD) claimed on Sunday that he was “facing the people” on CBS.
Margaret Brennan: Seven federal prosecutors challenged last week after the Justice Department directed New York Mayor Eric Adams, who is facing charges that include bribery and conspiracy, to stop investigating. In her resignation letter, Daniel Sasson, the representative U.S. attorney overseeing the case, said the termination amounted to Quid Pro and was quoted by DOJ. law. “In response, then deputy attorney general Emil Bovet threatened her with an investigation into her conduct. Join us now is Maryland Democrat Jamie Ruskin. He is a top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. This episode is very rare. Is there anything you can do about this episode in your role?
Raskin: Well, the Department of Justice is at war with its own lawyer, the prosecutor, and the entire episode is tired of corruption. It was a corrupt corruption prosecution and investigation, leading to the prosecution of a great judicial court against Eric Adams on bribery, conspiracy and other corruption charges, and then the new Justice Department decided to essentially tell Adams. Ta. If you are engaged with us in a certain type of political or policy accommodation, we will drop this case against you. And to complete that deeply corrupt bargain, they had to try and force their own lawyers to do it. But of course, the prosecutors said nothing has changed in the facts of the case, but the law has not changed. In fact, additional evidence was found. This means that they amend and expand the original indictment, but were told to kill it for political reasons instead. And you know, this is an outrageous violation of prosecutor's rules, a crime against a legitimate process, and a very dangerous first move the Justice Department will make under the Trump People.
Brennan: Mayor Adams, of course, claims that there was no Quid Pro Quo and this was not wrong. However, some major prosecutors resigned from disputing what was happening in the case. But it's moving forward here. All this is in the hands of the judge. Can he afford to prosecute?
Raskin: First of all, about Daniel Sasson, that is, it's a very conservative US lawyer and she couldn't take it. In other words, you have the most conservative prosecutor in the country who will step down against this steam locomotive in place of corruption. However, Judge Dale Ho is not finished as Judge Dale Ho doesn't have to accept the withdrawal of the charges and the dismissal of the charges of resigning rather than being involved with seven Justice Department lawyers. The other five lawyers said they were heads of the criminal department, but they wrote in this case a very stinging responsibilities of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice. So Judge Ho must accept this dismissal, but it may not be. He may go ahead and appoint another prosecutor, move on and experience the charges communicated by the Great Ju trial.
Brennan: Well, Attorney General Bondy says there's nothing wrong here, and he's been President Biden's weaponized DOJ and chasing Adams for political reasons, and he's been the immigration policy of President Biden. Only after criticising. This is a fellow Democrat. Do you think he should be prosecuted? And how do you respond to the allegation?
Raskin: Well, first of all, the Attorney General did not cite any changes to the facts of the case. She did not cite any changes to the law.
Brennan: – Are you saying it's all made?
Ruskin: Well, she's imitating her boss. Of course, there's just that, and we'll expect more from the US Attorney General. And you know, this whole corruption attack – it's an attack on the Department of Justice to engage in corruption prosecution, and it could be a bluff each in a different political environment, but Mayor Adams is a Democrat. The fact is not here or there either. myself. I am totally opposed to corruption. Donald Trump seems to want to attract all the corrupt American politicians to his side.
Brennan: So, the oval office, President Trump – you may have seen this image, he took a picture of the “New York Post” front page, framed photo, with a mug from that criminal case. I hung it in New York. Yesterday he tweeted, “Those who save their country do not violate the law.” He appears to believe that all of these prosecutions against him are politically motivated, and voters did not seem to think that was important. He was elected to power of attorney. How do you convince the public that it is important?
Raskin: The dominant purpose of this administration is corruption and lawlessness. The first thing they did was that they had fired 17 inspector generals. These are people who are real corrupt fighters within the department and institutions. These are people who ferret the government's worth $91 billion in waste, fraud and abuse.
