The DOJ's Prosecutorial Malpractice Keeps Spilling Out in Court | Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick |...

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Dahlia Lithwick is joined by former federal prosecutor Mimi Rocah, who brings her extensive experience trying and supervising federal criminal cases to a discussion of what the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse can teach us about justice. She suggests that the Trump administration’s eleventh-hour switchback tactic of calling for investigations of only Democrats speaks volumes about how the Justice Department is functioning these days, proving that vindictive prosecutions are the only game in town, bonus if they also have the effect of power-washing the president’s shadow from the scandal. Next, they turn to the extraordinary scenes in a Virginia courtroom this week, as the DOJ’s case against former FBI director and Trump foe James Comey seemed ready to fall apart at the seams. As this administration’s practice of political interference in legal proceedings is supercharged by dear leader’s “Dear Pam” posts to “his” AG Pam Bondi, this conversation highlights why judicial integrity and the ever-expanding ranks of judges refusing to accept lies, are among the last best hopes for equal justice under the law in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices (https://megaphone.fm/adchoices) Note: Captions are auto-generated by YouTube. Follow Amicus on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng-3tjDvFUM&list=PLYjxRBfBp4sz9wJ6z55aeBGvJYkThJ6Pa Subscribe to Slate: https://www.youtube.com/slate Learn more: https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus Follow Slate on Social: Host Dahlia Lithwick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dahlialithwick Slate on Twitter - https://twitter.com/slate Slate Podcasts on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SlatePodcasts Slate on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slate Slate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slate/