Is the Department of Justice Still Independent?: A Special Conversation with Elie Honig

The U.S. system of government relies on an independent system of justice. There has been a clear policy since the 1980s to limit communications between the White House and the U.S. Department of Justice to situations necessary for the discharge of the president’s constitutional duties.  In this webinar, Mr. Honig will discuss the implications of the firing of hundreds of senior DoJ officials and their replacement with political loyalists, the dropping of investigations into some political loyalists, and the initiation of investigations, apparently at the behest of the president, into his political enemies, among other topics.  Mr. Honig will also discuss his book, When You Come at the King, which provides an insider's history of the DOJ’s pursuit of presidents through the development of the special counsel system, from the Nixon era to modern-day investigations. 

Speaker:

Elie Honig, CNN Senior Legal Analyst

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