Democratic senator from New Jersey. Democratic senator from New Jersey convicted. Yeah. And to 11 years in prison, I believe. You know, this the. We see over and over again that There has historically been an independent Justice Department whose job it is to be separate and apart from the presidency and the executive branch. Just because someone was held to an equal standard of the law does not mean that the Justice Department was weaponized. (22:41–22:52)
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Asserts the historical independence of the Justice Department from the presidency and executive branch.
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