Critique of Department of Justice Actions

Do you have any regrets?

Regrets regarding my work as special counsel?

Yes.

Yes. I regret, uh, that the people I worked

with have been unfairly, uh, fired and vilified for doing their jobs.

Of course. Of course. You, you can't bring yourself-- Well,

let me say

congratulations,

because you have succeeded where Richard Nixon failed,

which is weaponizing the Department of Justice and the federal government to go

after your political opponents. Congratulations.

You are stepping into the shoes of John Mitchell,

and yet your abuse is far greater than John Mitchell.

And I understand for the rest of your life, you're gonna be hailed as a

hero in the resist movement.

I assume you have a pink hat somewhere at home,

and people will be proud of you for resisting.

But I'll tell you what you have done.

You have brought the Department of Justice into disrepute

because instead of being apolitical, instead of enforcing the law,

you willingly were conscripted as a foot soldier for the DNC.

And you know what you also did?

You reelected President Donald Trump

because the American people were disgusted

at your willingness to abuse power in

partisan ends.

Javert

from Les Mis

would look at you with astonishment.

I believe you have no regrets. I believe you have convinced yourself

that this

witch hunt

targeting half the country for partisan ends was justified.

Well, let me say,

you have brought the Department of Justice

into disrepute, and you have done enormous damage,

and I believe

your conduct represents the most egregious abuse of

power

in the history of the Department of Justice.