Obama warns Colbert: politicization of justice threatens democracy
TL;DR
Former President Barack Obama, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, warns that politicizing the Justice Department and expanding presidential power threaten American governance, calls for an independent attorney general, discusses pardons, and cites the need to restore norms for the military ahead of the opening of the Obama Presidential Center.
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