Former Vice President Harris said she is unsure whether Americans can trust the Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Trump.
“I don’t know if we can trust what’s coming out of the Justice Department right now,” Harris said. told msnbc On Sunday. “And I’m sad to say that as someone who has spent the majority of my career as a prosecutor, the job of the prosecutor should be to administer justice.”
In recent weeks, former FBI Director james comey and New York Attorney General letitia james Indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Comey is accused of making false statements to Congress and obstruction of Congress, while James is accused of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. Both have denied any wrongdoing.
Before the indictments, Eric Siebert, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, resigned Amid pressure from the White House over his refusal to bring the case against Comey, James and other Trump foes.
then the president Lindsay Halligan tappedA top White House aide, as interim US attorney for the district. He too publicly called Last month, Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the prosecution of Comey, James and Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA). Allegedly There had to be a direct message.
Harris said Sunday that she believes Trump is on a “revenge campaign” that is “exposing his petty nature and his deep level of insecurity.” Comey was fired by Trump in May 2017 and since then he has been a sharp critic of the president. James brought a civil fraud case against Trump in 2022, in which a state judge ordered the president Pay $355 million in finesan appeal court invalid tax The fine was imposed in August, which James appealed in September.
The former vice president, who lost to Trump in the 2024 election, said those who are “manipulating the justice system” are affecting all Americans, not just those who are being prosecuted.
Harris said, “It affects all of us who believe that even though it may be flawed, the justice system is actually blind in the way that it does its job not judging people based on who they are or what they look like.”
