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<blockquote data-quote="Turdferguson" data-source="post: 4367606" data-attributes="member: 61703"><a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/02/14/doj-drops-case-against-former-fbi-deputy-director-andrew-mccabe-115251" target="_blank">DOJ drops probe into former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe</a>Another black eye for the DOJ under Trump&quot;The public is listening to what&#039;s going on, and I don&#039;t think people like the fact that you got somebody at the top basically trying to dictate whether somebody should be prosecuted ... I just think it&#039;s a banana republic when we go down that road,&quot; Walton told government lawyers behind closed doors in September. &quot;I think there are a lot of people on the outside who perceive that there is undo inappropriate pressure being brought to bear ... It&#039;s just, it&#039;s very disturbing that we&#039;re in the mess that we&#039;re in in that regard.&quot;I just think the integrity of the process is being unduly undermined by inappropriate comments and actions on the part of people at the top of our government,&quot; added Walton, an appointee of President George W. Bush</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Turdferguson, post: 4367606, member: 61703"] [URL="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/02/14/doj-drops-case-against-former-fbi-deputy-director-andrew-mccabe-115251"]DOJ drops probe into former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe[/URL] Another black eye for the DOJ under Trump "The public is listening to what's going on, and I don't think people like the fact that you got somebody at the top basically trying to dictate whether somebody should be prosecuted ... I just think it's a banana republic when we go down that road," Walton told government lawyers behind closed doors in September. "I think there are a lot of people on the outside who perceive that there is undo inappropriate pressure being brought to bear ... It's just, it's very disturbing that we're in the mess that we're in in that regard. "I just think the integrity of the process is being unduly undermined by inappropriate comments and actions on the part of people at the top of our government," added Walton, an appointee of President George W. Bush [/QUOTE]

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