Williamson: "Presidents come and go, bureaucracy is forever."
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https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/bidens-doj-should-release-the-trump-case-memo/
Joe Biden ran as the antidote to Donald Trump, but his administration has exhibited the worst kind of continuity with that of his predecessor, including overseeing a Department of Justice that prefers to do its business in secret.
It is time for sunshine over at Justice — and lots of it.
Currently at issue is a 2019 DOJ memo prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr related to the question of whether Trump obstructed justice as president and whether a criminal prosecution on related charges would or could proceed. A federal court has ordered that the memo be made public, and the DOJ ought to comply — but is trying to wriggle out of it instead and continue to do its business in the shadows.
The DOJ under Trump wanted the memo kept secret, and now the DOJ under Biden wants it kept secret. Presidents come and go — bureaucracy is forever.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson charges that the DOJ, and Barr in particular, was “disingenuous” in handling the case in her courtroom, and she has ordered the release of the full DOJ memo. The DOJ has released part of the memo and is appealing to keep the rest hidden.
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@mik said in Williamson: "Presidents come and go, bureaucracy is forever.":
It's the people's business.
