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Trump visits Justice Department for speech that breaks all norms

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President Donald Trump delivered an unusual, campaign-style speech at Justice Department headquarters.

The speech was heavy with grievance and meandering from such topics as Al Capone to allegations of judicial corruption.

It is rare for a president to visit the Justice Department , which has kept safeguards between the White House and the law enforcement agency in the post-Watergate era to ensure that politics don't interfere with law enforcement investigations.

The ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee blasted Trump ’s speech as a “grim landmark in the spreading authoritarianism of this administration” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D- Maryland ) accused Trump of politicizing the department and violating the boundary between independent law enforcement and presidential power.

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74

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37

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informal

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English

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59

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