Elie Honig: Trump Firing DOJ’s Nonpolitical Appointees Is ‘Completely Abnormal’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT SCIUTTO You ░░░░░░░░ wrote a piece Elie ░░░░░░░░ New York magazine about ░░░░░░░░ Trump has already changed ░░░░░░░░ Justice Department quote quoting ░░░░░░░░ to yourself here Imagine ░░░░░░░░ at the Justice Department ░░░░░░░░ now and discovering some ░░░░░░░░ thread that might lead ░░░░░░░░ the president or someone ░░░░░░░░ to him or some ░░░░░░░░ bigwig What are your ░░░░░░░░ Follow up and get ░░░░░░░░ Or look away and ░░░░░░░░ your job Either way ░░░░░░░░ case goes nowhere I ░░░░░░░░ is that the result ░░░░░░░░ these decisions in your ░░░░░░░░ Elie Or perhaps the ░░░░░░░░ as well HONIG Well ░░░░░░░░ think it s absolutely ░░░░░░░░ result of these decisions ░░░░░░░░ And what we are ░░░░░░░░ here is completely abnormal ░░░░░░░░ here s why within ░░░░░░░░ Justice Department there are ░░░░░░░░ very few handful of ░░░░░░░░ that are political appointees ░░░░░░░░ attorney general the deputy ░░░░░░░░ general and a handful ░░░░░░░░ others It is completely ░░░░░░░░ and appropriate for a ░░░░░░░░ presidential administration to fire ░░░░░░░░ replace those people This ░░░░░░░░ why Merrick Garland is ░░░░░░░░ longer the attorney general ░░░░░░░░ the vast majority of ░░░░░░░░ like I once was ░░░░░░░░ agents who work at ░░░░░░░░ 99 plus are nonpolitical ░░░░░░░░ They are people who ░░░░░░░░ hired based on their ░░░░░░░░ and their job is ░░░░░░░░ just do the work ░░░░░░░░ follow the facts That ░░░░░░░░ the very essence of ░░░░░░░░ When you come in ░░░░░░░░ start firing those nonpolitical ░░░░░░░░ as Donald Trump has ░░░░░░░░ doing you send a ░░░░░░░░ that simply cannot be ░░░░░░░░ that if you do ░░░░░░░░ that threatens the power ░░░░░░░░ here you could lose ░░░░░░░░ job.”