What will you do if confirmed as Deputy Attorney General to do to end that dangerous and unprecedented trend? It's simple. Politics will play no role, full stop, period. Outside influence in the Department of Justice cannot happen. And I think what we saw over the past several years was something completely inconsistent with that concept and that idea. (07:22–07:27)
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Asserts that external influences should not affect the Department of Justice.
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