'This could not be more serious': Weissmann on the bombshell resignation of a top DOJ prosecutor - Deadline - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Ryan Reilly, NBC News Justice Reporter, and Andrew Weissmann, former top prosecutor at the Justice Department, join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline: White House with reaction to the stunning resignation of career prosecutor Denise Cheung after declining a request from her Trump-appointed superiors to open a grand jury investigation that she viewed as premature, along with her stunning resignation letter detailing why she is leaving and what it says about the future of criminal prosecutor in this country during the Trump administration. - Aired on 02/18/2025.

[Lovie777]

1. Well...........................

[GreenWave]

2. More Trump assholes to get those jobs.

[erronis]

3. Great segment. We're watching the dismantling of the rules of laws before our eyes.

It is a strange time to be part of this history. I've lived so long (since 1947) in a country that mainly followed some rules. I'm a white male so I didn't suffer under the injustices of others during these years. And I feel deeply for their pains and losses.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. It's mind boggling that we're seeing dissolution of the rule of law in real time for the first time our personal history

I have often wondered how history will record these bizarre times - now I wonder if we will have one. I'm old enough to remember the bicentennial - and we are just a year away from 250 years of this unique democracy. And I can't help wondering if we will still have one a year from now, we're seeing changes happen so quickly. I live in Revolutionary War country and have ancestors who fought, and I can't help noting the similarities.

[erronis]

6. We may be able to be part of our own revolution. Most likely similar to 1799, 1917

French and Russian. Pretty bloody and a great overturning of the current order.

Not sure if that is a gloomy or hopeful statement.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. And just a few months ago, this was unimaginable

And, as a student of history, I can't predict the method or the outcome. This time the unprecedented threat is coming from within our own country.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. So prosecutions go forward

Judge and juries will toss such flimsy setups, won't they?

These cases don't need to go to a grand jury? wow.

[erronis]

7. Judges and juries? I fear that is an anachronism from a bygone era.

I hope this in jest, but I'm not sure.