Peter Keisler on ’60 Minutes’

Board Member Peter Keisler was featured on ’60 Minutes’ discussing the Justice Department during Trump’s second term. Watch the segment here:

Peter told CBS News’ Scott Pelley:

Peter Keisler: This was a decision to protect people who had committed serious crimes because they were doing so in support of the president’s reelection.

Scott Pelley: To understand the Department of Justice, we went to one who knows it well. Peter Keisler served Republican presidents and was, himself, head of the Justice Department in 2007 as acting attorney general for George Bush.

Peter Keisler: I don’t think anybody believes that these people would’ve been pardoned if they had engaged in exactly the same acts, but had stormed the Capitol, say, in opposition to the president and his policies.

Scott Pelley: What message does the president’s pardon send?

Peter Keisler: It says that you can commit some very serious crimes, but if you do so as an identifiable supporter of the president’s agenda and political interests, you may be able to get off. And I think it was designed to send that message.

Watch it here. Prior to joining the Society, Peter served as Acting Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, and Acting Associate Attorney General of the United States.