Where Trump stated that he had the “absolute right to do what I want with the justice department”, Biden has pledged to take a different path. The Trump administration has been busy planting legal landmines in his path. Any move by the Biden administration to introduce new rules on DoJ independence is likely to face opposition. Mukasey said that criticism that the DoJ had been politicised in its decision making within the Trump administration was inaccurate. Gupta said that the Biden administration needed to withdraw the Sessions memo on day one.

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2021 08:01 UTC