Nicolle Wallace: ‘How does the DOJ continue to get outplayed while Joe Biden is president?’

Andrew Weissmann, former top official at the Justice Department, Glenn Thrush, New York Times Justice Reporter and Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at New York University joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to a federal judge allowing the release of Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s election interference case, and what it says about the current leadership of the Justice Department’s handling of their own case against the president-elect.  

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[billladuke]

Our justice system is so weak, trump should be in prison not president, are you kidding me!!!!

[CloroxPresidente]

A sentence with no punishment is not a sentence, nor even a paragraph, it is a message to the public that rich people are above the law.

[ronschroeder]

Could not agree more Nicolle. We deserve to see everything. Can't believe the DOJ has done us like this.

[whatwhodid]

Weak Pathic Merrick Garland has been outplayed since day-one when he became AG and the worst AG in 250 years

[HeidiSchwendeWSI]

Because Merrick Garland is paralized by analysis and it's compounded by his fecklessness. Feeble doesn't even begin to describe it. It's so frustrating. Democrats aren't helping themselves at all here. And if it's as important as Andrew says, why on earth is all of this being withheld?

[ray]

They never needed Cannon's permission to release the report because she admitted herself she has no jurisdiction Lol.

[Rumbepit]

It's nice of Judge Cannon to allow us to see the report that belongs to How does she still have a job?And why hasn't she been charged with obstruction?

[rancherrita]

We can probably count on Merrick Garland to drag his feet and fumble this like a lot of the other issues he was responsible for expediting.

[annvidolovits-moore-jw]

It is Merrick Garland who is unwilling to assert DOJ offense!

[Aliens-ff]

The only difference between trump and Jim Jones is that trump would charge for the kool aid.

[robwasilewski]

Garland was definitely a terrible choice for attorney general. Sat to long on these cases.

[fps]

Merrick Garland is a real Caspar Milquetoast in every way and dimension. Thanks for Trump, Garland. Door mat of the DoJ. What a disgrace.

[leaferin]

My stomach hurts. It’s one thing after another.

[ng]

Garland is being thrown out anyway. Just release to the public, dont ask.

[bartiboguesunset]

it all boils down to that weakling Meritt Garland who delayed and delayed until it was too late

[carolperkins]

Yeah, obviously. However other judges had to point that out to her.

[howardmulvihill]

Judge Cannon is the one who needs to resign! Clear conflicts of interest in the way she treated Trump.

[RoyChartier]

Cannon has no standing. She dismissed the case. Why is the DOJ even listening to her?

[xyz]

Merrick Garland mooooves like in Jannnnuary ...

[earlclue]

imagine if donny was black, brown or asian, instead of treasonous orange