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Barack Obama: “The politicization of the Justice Department or our…”

Featuring: Barack Obama, Democratic | 44th President of the United States | National

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Former President Obama Praises Resistance to Trump

Published | Video Starts at 32:23

The legitimacy of an election and the peaceful transfer of power to be. To have been challenged. I thought that was not something that would happen today. I would not expect. The politicization of the Justice Department or our military... I think there's been resistance, particularly in the military, to that. But the degree to which. That has been encouraged. You know, that used to be something that I would lecture other countries not to do. You don't have your military. (32:23–32:37)

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Asserts resistance within the military to politicization, but acknowledges its encouragement.

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