Alberto Gonzalez: Trump’s Attacks on Sessions Are ‘Unprecedented’ and Affects the ‘Morale of the DOJ’

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GONZALES: "Well, it's unprecedented, I think, if we can all agree on that, as a general matter, of course. The attorney general works for the president of the United States. And if the president's unhappy, he can certainly express that displeasure. As a general matter, when your -- when the president of the United States is unhappy with a cabinet official, then that cabinet official is asked to leave or resigns voluntarily. So what we're seeing here is really different. And I think what -- the thing that worries me the most is that even though the attacks seem to be focused on the attorney general, it -- there is no way that it doesn't affect the morale of the entire Department of Justice. If Jeff Sessions is doing his job, and I expect that he is, then he's -- he's instructing everyone within the Department of Justice to keep your head down and do your work on behalf of the American people. Nevertheless, I think it does have an influence on the morale of the department, which in -- you know, at the end of the day, affects the reputation and the viewpoint of the American people of the Trump administration. And so it's sort of counterproductive to, I think, what President Trump wants to achieve, which is, of course, confidence in the American people that the administration's working as best as it can on behalf of the American people."