Gregg Nunziata in the Financial Times on Threats to the Rule of Law

Gregg Nunziata spoke with The Financial Times about the growing politicization of the Department of Justice following the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.

“There’s been a pattern since day one of this administration of using government power to reward and excuse the president’s friends and to harass and punish the president’s critics,” He called the move “a dramatic escalation … in corrupting the justice department, its values, and the men and women that hold on to those values.”

He added that rebuilding public trust will take years:

“Norms and institutions are built and strengthened over decades, but they can be destroyed overnight.”

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