Andrew Weissmann

But it is so rare that you ever see a situation where prosecutors and agents are resisting because something they believe is illegal. The last time we saw this was Trump 1.0, when prosecutors resigned in the Roger Stone case. I was so taken aback. It does not happen. And the only other time I can think of of note is the Saturday Night Massacre.

But it is so rare that you ever see a situation where prosecutors and agents are resisting because something they believe is illegal. The last time we saw this was Trump 1.0, when prosecutors resigned in the Roger Stone case. I was so taken aback. It does not happen. And the only other time I can think of of note is the Saturday Night Massacre.

But it is so rare that you ever see a situation where prosecutors and agents are resisting because something they believe is illegal. The last time we saw this was Trump 1.0, when prosecutors resigned in the Roger Stone case. I was so taken aback. It does not happen. And the only other time I can think of of note is the Saturday Night Massacre.

Absolutely. I mean, what you are seeing within the Department of Justice, including the FBI, is a sort of I am Spartacus moment where people are really standing up. And that is why Emil Bove has gone through six, count them, six people who all say, I am not carrying out what has been described as a quid pro quo.

Absolutely. I mean, what you are seeing within the Department of Justice, including the FBI, is a sort of I am Spartacus moment where people are really standing up. And that is why Emil Bove has gone through six, count them, six people who all say, I am not carrying out what has been described as a quid pro quo.

Absolutely. I mean, what you are seeing within the Department of Justice, including the FBI, is a sort of I am Spartacus moment where people are really standing up. And that is why Emil Bove has gone through six, count them, six people who all say, I am not carrying out what has been described as a quid pro quo.

A friend of mine who is a white-collar defense lawyer said when Pam Bondi issued her first day memos that this is the golden era for white-collar criminals. She basically was like, you know what, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, gone. The Foreign Agents Registration Act, gone. I mean, her policies are really favorable for sort of rich white criminals and large corporations.

A friend of mine who is a white-collar defense lawyer said when Pam Bondi issued her first day memos that this is the golden era for white-collar criminals. She basically was like, you know what, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, gone. The Foreign Agents Registration Act, gone. I mean, her policies are really favorable for sort of rich white criminals and large corporations.

A friend of mine who is a white-collar defense lawyer said when Pam Bondi issued her first day memos that this is the golden era for white-collar criminals. She basically was like, you know what, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, gone. The Foreign Agents Registration Act, gone. I mean, her policies are really favorable for sort of rich white criminals and large corporations.

Public corruption cases, CEG, Eric Adams, and Rod Blagojevich. And foreign nation states, where the Foreign Election Interference Task Force and the kleptocracy unit and all of these things that were put in place to prevent foreign adversaries from acting here illegally, all disbanded.

Public corruption cases, CEG, Eric Adams, and Rod Blagojevich. And foreign nation states, where the Foreign Election Interference Task Force and the kleptocracy unit and all of these things that were put in place to prevent foreign adversaries from acting here illegally, all disbanded.

Public corruption cases, CEG, Eric Adams, and Rod Blagojevich. And foreign nation states, where the Foreign Election Interference Task Force and the kleptocracy unit and all of these things that were put in place to prevent foreign adversaries from acting here illegally, all disbanded.

By the way, he has admitted that. He has not denied that he did that. He has said, I did it because I was concerned about leaks. I'm not really sure how being concerned about leaks is dealt with by taking notes because people can still talk. But just to be clear, he has not denied that he did that.

By the way, he has admitted that. He has not denied that he did that. He has said, I did it because I was concerned about leaks. I'm not really sure how being concerned about leaks is dealt with by taking notes because people can still talk. But just to be clear, he has not denied that he did that.

By the way, he has admitted that. He has not denied that he did that. He has said, I did it because I was concerned about leaks. I'm not really sure how being concerned about leaks is dealt with by taking notes because people can still talk. But just to be clear, he has not denied that he did that.

Well, Danielle Sassoon brings that up. She says the analogy to the Victor Quid pro quo, she said, well, that's alarming because that was the White House. They're entitled to say, you know what, we'll give you this person and we'll give that person. You do a swap. That is not allowed in the criminal law to say you advance our policy agenda and we'll give you essentially in effect a pardon. But

Well, Danielle Sassoon brings that up. She says the analogy to the Victor Quid pro quo, she said, well, that's alarming because that was the White House. They're entitled to say, you know what, we'll give you this person and we'll give that person. You do a swap. That is not allowed in the criminal law to say you advance our policy agenda and we'll give you essentially in effect a pardon. But

Well, Danielle Sassoon brings that up. She says the analogy to the Victor Quid pro quo, she said, well, that's alarming because that was the White House. They're entitled to say, you know what, we'll give you this person and we'll give that person. You do a swap. That is not allowed in the criminal law to say you advance our policy agenda and we'll give you essentially in effect a pardon. But

keep it hanging over your head to make sure that you're on this chug collar. She's just like, that makes it even worse. And it's such a tell that Emil Bove in his direction has a footnote, to your point, look at the footnotes, that says, to be clear, this is not a quid pro quo. It just happens to be on his brain that, oh yeah, I need to make sure I say that I'm not doing this while I do it.

keep it hanging over your head to make sure that you're on this chug collar. She's just like, that makes it even worse. And it's such a tell that Emil Bove in his direction has a footnote, to your point, look at the footnotes, that says, to be clear, this is not a quid pro quo. It just happens to be on his brain that, oh yeah, I need to make sure I say that I'm not doing this while I do it.