"The White House shouldn't be able to direct the attorney general to go around prosecuting whoever the president wants prosecuted, right? Because technically it's under the executive branch. The norm is that it's independent."
"Two of the core principles of a democracy, we can survive a lot bad policy, funky elections, there's a bunch of stuff that, you know, we can overcome. We can't overcome the politicization of the criminal justice system."
"You can't have a situation in which whoever's in charge of the government starts using that to go after their political enemies or reward their friends."
Barack Obama cautioned that the politicization of the criminal justice system threatens American democracy. He emphasized that the attorney general should not act as the president's personal advisor. Obama highlighted the importance of maintaining an independent Justice Department, stating that the government should not use prosecutorial power against political opponents. He noted that while divisive elections can be endured, the misuse of state power to target enemies undermines democratic principles. Obama called for a return to norms that protect the integrity of the legal system.
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