— Sally Yates (@SallyQYates) August 26, 2017
Preet Bharara, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York:
This pardon is contrary to DOJ guidelines, unsurprisingly. Pure politics. Wonder what the pardon attorney’s official recommendation was. https://t.co/jErRZiJnxy
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) August 26, 2017
Jack Goldsmith, Harvard law professor and former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel under President George W. Bush:
2/ But it shows, again, how much our constitutional structure assumes a minimally conscientious, responsible, ethical POTUS, which we lack.
