Department of Justice official in the Biden administration who jumped ship to join a local prosecutor\u2019s office to go after him\u2026You question the legitimacy of the prosecution. That\u2019s a problem,\u201d Vance continued.<\/p>\n
Welker then asked: \u201cSenator, that happens all the time. People are appointed from Washington\u2026The DOJ told Congress this week it reviewed all communications since Biden took office and found no contact between federal prosecutors and those involved with that case in New York. Can you stick to the substance of the question, though? Let me just ask, because I just want to stick with this line of theory that you are laying out, which is you are saying it\u2019s not okay for Joe Biden to weaponize the Justice Department if it\u2019s not okay for Joe Biden to weaponize the Justice Department, as you say, and there\u2019s no evidence of that. Why is it okay for Donald Trump to do that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, Kristen, first of all, you said that it happens all the time, but the number three person in the Department of Justice jumped ship to join a local prosecutor\u2019s office to go after the president\u2019s political opponent. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s ever happened in the history of American democracy, and I don\u2019t think that we should legitimize it,\u201d Vance responded.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, if Donald Trump\u2019s attorney general had this, his number two or his number three would have jumped ship to a local prosecutor\u2019s office in Ohio or Wisconsin, and that person would then go after Donald Trump\u2019s political opposition. That\u2019s a different conversation. All he\u2019s suggesting is that we should investigate credible arguments of wrongdoing. That\u2019s all that Donald Trump is saying. That is not a threat to democracy. That\u2019s merely reinforcing our system of law and government,\u201d Vance concluded.<\/p>\n
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