Politics and the DOJ: Threats to Institutional Independence and Integrity

ACS will host former prosecutor, J.P. Cooney, for a conversation on the politicization of the Department of Justice. J.P. was a career prosecutor in the Department, and during this event, he will speak about his experience there, both before and after President Trump as well as compare his experiences during President Trump's first term and his second. Additionally, he will speak broadly about the consequences on the law of allowing politics into the DOJ, using the recent resignations and indictments as case studies.