The former American president Barack Obama sent a strong message about the limits of presidential power, in an interview given to Stephen Colbert, where he talked about the risks of politicizing justice and the excessive concentration of authority in the hands of the White House.
Obama used the interview to criticize Trump, without mentioning his name, however. He urged Democrats to avoid academic language when speaking with voters and even made references to extraterrestrials.
Obama said that the Department of Justice should be “independent in making decisions regarding specific cases and criminal prosecutions.” Under the current administration, the Department of Justice has tried to criminally prosecute several of Trump’s adversaries, including former FBI Director James Comey and the Attorney General of New York, Letitia James.
In his opinion, the attorney general should remain the “people’s advocate“, not a political instrument of the president.
The former leader of the White House warned that the greatest threat to American democracy is not necessarily represented by controversial policies or contested elections, but by the “politicization of the criminal justice system“.
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