Leah Litman

And also, why are you insisting on imposing a sentence when you are running a US attorney's office that might not even be lawfully structured?

So, this transcript was basically my ASMR.

I would strongly recommend to people reading it for themselves.

You know, at the end of the transcript, the judge basically says, in a single year, you have squandered all the credibility that the Department of Justice has built up over years.

decades.

And it does seem to have been resolved in the sense that the U.S.

Attorney's Office in New Jersey is now being run by the individual that was selected according to the statutory procedures by these federal judges.

And so what that would mean is now there's a lawful appointment structure in place.

And so all of these plea agreements, all these criminal cases aren't going to be called into question as to whether the individuals who

stayed at the U.S.

Attorney's Office, including some individuals who came in under Trump, can dot their I's and cross their T's and do law remains to be seen.

But this does actually solve some of the problems, at least.

It really does.

And this is an area where the federal courts held the line and basically refused to back down.

And, you know, in a game of chicken, the chicken always loses and the Trump administration lost, as they should have.

And so hopefully they actually stick to this and are willing to accept, you know, the statutory procedures and other U.S.

attorney's offices as well.

You know, I have some sense that that is bad for the human soul, because basically when I saw that tweet, I forced myself to think about, OK, when Donald Trump inevitably dies, like, what will you say and what will you think?

And nothing remotely like the truth he posted about Robert Mueller remotely entered into my lexicon, even though this is someone whose policies and behavior have affected vast suffering, untold deaths.

human consequences, and still, like, I just don't think that is a normal human reaction.