Obama: Attorney General is "people's lawyer," not "president's consigliere"
MSNBC·2026-05-06 15:33

In an interview with comedian Stephen Colbert, former president Barack Obama warned that democracy "can't overcome the politicization of the criminal justice system," adding "you can't have a situation in which whoever's in charge of the government starts using that to go after their political enemies." His statement comes after the Justice Department issued a second indictment last month against former FBI Director and Trump political foe James Comey. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » S ...

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