James Clapper: Trump Leading a ‘Very Disturbing Assault on Independence of the Department of Justice’

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Echoing what former acting Attorney General Sally Yates said the other day, ex-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper tells CNN Monday that President Donald Trump is  leading “a very disturbing assault on the independence of the Department of Justice.” “When the President — this president or any president — tries to…

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Sally Yates: Trump ‘Tearing Down the Legitimacy’ of the Justice Department

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sally Yates, the acting Attorney General fired by President Donald Trump last year, says the president’s caustic tweets aimed at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and special counsel Robert Mueller are collectively “tearing down the legitimacy” of the Justice Department, Yahoo! News reports. Yates, speaking at the 2018…

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