J.P. Cooney

Well, in this circumstance, I think it is very feasible.

And the reason it's feasible is because this Justice Department has lost all credibility with the court system and with the American people.

When I was a prosecutor, we called it the presumption of regularity before the grand jury.

Because the grand jury proceedings are secret to protect the identity of witnesses, to protect the integrity of investigations, it's extraordinarily hard for even a criminal defendant to what's called pierce that and obtain the underlying information from those proceedings.

But when that presumption is interfered with by something that appears to be abusive, like a lie or some sort of fraud upon the grand jury or the system itself, then judges can order the government to turn over what's called the grand jury minutes or the information underlying those proceedings.

And here, throughout all the prosecutions, the ones that Glenn mentioned, the ones that this administration has brought upon for political reasons, it gives courts a real foothold to pierce those proceedings and find out what is going on behind those closed doors.

Well, it is the factor, along with all the things that we've been talking about here today.

Never before has a president of the United States posed a graver threat to values that we all share.

Talking about things like democracy, the rule of law,

The promise that if you work hard and you play by the rules, that you can secure a more bright future for your family.

And right alongside of that, we have a U.S.

Congress controlled by Republicans now that are rubber stamping this president's abuse of authority and his lawlessness.

When I looked at that and thought about my 18 years at the Justice Department independently and with integrity carrying out investigations and prosecutions, I felt like I really needed to bring my experience to bear on these grave threats to these important values.

And I have to tell you, Jen, I've just been so...

just fired up by the enthusiasm for that message.

We had in just the first day of that message, we raised more than $200,000 and had more than 2,200 people give contributions to this campaign.

They went to, you know, cunyforcongress.com and they joined us.

They made contributions.

And I'm hoping that other people are going to do the same.

Thank you very much.