Professor Bruce Green gives his thoughts on whether the President has the power to dictate investigations by the Department of Justice.
As Green explained, “During the Nixon administration, it appeared that President Nixon was misusing the, you know, the FBI and the Justice Department. And after that, when President Ford was elected and he was appointed as the pick to be attorney general, the Justice Department adopted policies that have been continued pretty much since then.”
He also noted that breaking these rules is not a criminal offense: “They’re internal policies. So they’re not they’re not laws adopted by Congress.”
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