S2 Ep150: Trump's DOJ Just Proposed a Stunning Ethics Loophole (w/ Andrew Weissmann)

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Sarah Longwell and Andrew Weissmann discuss recent developments regarding the DOJ and Trump's executive orders.

Sarah Longwell and Andrew Weissmann discuss a chaotic week for the rule of law, from the DOJ bizarrely flip-flopping on defending Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms, to a Trump-appointed judge finding evidence of racial profiling in ICE stops in Minnesota, and a new DOJ proposal that could shield government lawyers from ethics investigations. Get OneSkin with 15% off using code ILLEGALNEWS at https://oneskin.co/ILLEGALNEWS .

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Longwell

Guest: Andrew Weissmann

Topics covered

• rule of law
• ethics
• government lawyers
• Trump
• DOJ
• racial profiling
• executive orders

Keywords

• DOJ
• Trump
• ethics loophole
• Andrew Weissmann
• racial profiling
• ICE
• executive orders
• law firms
• government lawyers

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DOJ, ICE

Places: Minnesota

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