John, with so much going on, from the coronavirus to the
Presidential primary, it’s easy to lose track even if you’re paying
attention!

But we can’t let the out-of-control news cycle or Trump’s distraction
tactics allow us to forget the blatant corruption of the Justice
Department under Attorney General Bill Barr.

Barr most recently came under fire for intervening in the sentencing of
Trump's longtime advisor and confidante, Roger Stone, but Barr has been a
loyal soldier for Trump's attack on the rule of law for much longer.

When Trump says he has the “legal right” to meddle in cases handled by the
Justice Department, he’s wrong. If a president can punish enemies and
reward friends through the administration of justice, there can be no
justice.

Justice requires impartial and equal treatment under the law. Partiality
or inequality in deciding whom to prosecute and how to punish is tyranny.
Plain and simple. As a lapdog for President Trump, Attorney General Barr
isn’t impartial or independent, he’s the definition of the problem.

More than 1,100 former US Department of Justice officials have signed an
open letter calling for Attorney General Bill Barr to resign, driving
enough pressure on the DOJ that Barr himself spoke out telling Trump his
tweets make it “impossible to do my job.” For days, there’s been leaks
that Barr is considering quitting.

[ [link removed] ]Now’s the time to amp up the pressure again and join the call to
action. Add your name to my joint petition with Democracy for America
calling on Attorney General to resign right now >>

[ [link removed] ]ADD YOUR NAME

A half-century ago I witnessed the near dissolution of justice under
President Nixon. I served in the Justice Department when a bipartisan
Congress resolved that what had occurred would never happen again.

Except, it is happening again. What occurred under Nixon is happening
right now, before our very eyes.

Like Nixon, Trump has usurped the independence of the Department of
Justice for his own ends.

But unlike Nixon, Trump won’t resign.

He has too many enablers – not just a shameful Attorney General but also
shameless congressional Republicans – who place a lower priority on
justice than on satisfying the most vindictive and paranoid occupant of
the White House in modern American history.

But Barr might resign – if we raise our collective voices loud enough.

[ [link removed] ]Join 1,100 former Justice Department officials, me and thousands of
other DFA members and demand Attorney General Barr resign immediately.

Add your name to our petition now.

For the sake of our democracy, thank you for taking action today.

Robert Reich
Former Secretary of Labor
Co-founder, Inequality Media




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