WASHINGTON ― Former Attorney General Eric Holder, who Republicans portrayed as anti-law enforcement for discussing police racial bias and investigating troubled police departments, said GOP attacks on the FBI and the Justice Department show the Trump administration’s claimed support for law enforcement is hollow. President Donald Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill have launched sweeping attacks on the FBI and the Justice Department in an attempt to undermine Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump campaign. Trump has accused an FBI agent of treason, and a Republican House member has called four top law enforcement officials “traitors to our nation” who should face charges. But the current attacks by Republicans in service of a political cause will do lasting damage to law enforcement, he said. But he also understood, as I understood, that there has to be a wall between the Justice Department and the White House,” Holder said.

Source: Huffington Post February 07, 2018 19:13 UTC