Gene Rossi Quoted in Reuters: “Unprecedented Errors Are Eroding the Credibility of Trump's Justice Department”

Gene Rossi was quoted in a Reuters article titled “Unprecedented Errors Are Eroding the Credibility of Trump's Justice Department.” The article explores the pattern of unprecedented prosecutorial missteps by the Trump administration’s Department of Justice, resulting in a 21% dismissal rate of the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office's criminal complaints over an eight-week period, compared to a mere 0.5% dismissal rate over the prior 10 years.

"They shoot first, they aim later, and even then, they miss," said Rossi. "Because there is no wall between the White House and the Justice Department in terms of interaction and political process, this is what happens."

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