It quoted a legal ethics professor, Stephen Gillers: “We don’t have an attorney general now. This is not the way an attorney general should behave. The next attorney general, Griffin Bell, proclaimed the justice department “a neutral zone” beyond politics. “What are you basing that on?” “As I’ve said repeatedly, I’m basing that on logic,” the attorney general replied. Apparently, knowing that was too much to ask of the attorney general of the United States.

Source: The Guardian September 05, 2020 10:18 UTC