According to former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, the slate of Donald Trump’s personal lawyers who are being lavished with jobs in his administration have already been warned by one former DOJ official turned member of the House that their every move will be scrutinized.
Appearing on MSNBC’s “The Weekend”, Vance was asked for her reaction to the president-elect appointing three of his criminal defense lawyers, Todd Blache, Emil Bove and Dean John Sauer, to top DOJ posts.
With MSNBC host Michael Steele noting that Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) has stated, “Donald Trump has been clear that he intends to weaponize the DOJ for his partisan interests,” Goldman added, “but I expect Todd and Emil to adhere to those principles and the rule of law in the face of any pressure to do otherwise,” Vance was asked what the lawmaker was implying.
“I read Dan’s comments a little bit differently, and our friend Mimi Rocha who’s also in that office and is now the D.A. in Westchester County made similar comments to that,” she explained. “I think what Dan is doing, he’s level-setting expectations. He’s talking to two of his former colleagues and he is saying, ‘I know you. We were raised in the same Justice Department. We understand the rules. We get the importance of the rule of law. We don’t let the political folks direct criminal prosecutions and my eyes are on you.'”
“I read his comments very clearly, as talking to two former colleagues and saying, you will not get a pass from me,” she added. “So, I think that’s frankly what a lot of former dDOJ people are doing.”
“Look, there is no reason to have confidence in anyone who would agree to work for Donald Trump,” she warned.
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