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Obama: Attorney General is "people's lawyer," not "president's consigliere"
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May 6, 2026
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1:11Now PlayingIn an interview with comedian Stephen Colbert, former president Barack Obama warned that democracy "can't overcome the politicization of the criminal justice system," adding "you can't have a situation in which whoever's in charge of the government starts using that to go after their political enemies."
His statement comes after the Justice Department issued a second indictment last month against former FBI Director and Trump political foe James Comey.
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