Former President Donald Trump would be too much of a security risk to work in a large fraction of jobs and industries around the country, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace said Friday — and a number of former Justice Department officials made that clear in a new joint statement.
"The list of jobs not open to a twice-impeached, four-times-indicted, convicted of 34 felony counts and found liable of sexual assault disgraced ex-president is long and growing," Wallace said at the top of the hour for her "Deadline: White House" show. "That kind of rap sheet means, among other things, the FBI wouldn't hire him. Even the local mall would turn Donald Trump away. And yet ... here we are. A man who could not remotely clear a background check to work in a White House, for all kinds of jobs big and small, has been selected and anointed by the Republican Party as their first choice, their only choice, to be the leader of the free world."
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While the GOP rank and file may be blind to this, said Wallace, many law enforcement veterans are not — as evidenced by a statement signed by over 40 former Department of Justice officials endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president, and issuing a dire warning about a potential second Trump term. Among the signatories are U.S. attorneys and legal officials who served in administrations from both parties, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and former acting Attorney General Sally Yates.
"The fabric of the nation, the rule of law and the future of democracy are at stake in this election," said the statement, read out by Wallace. "The stakes could not be higher. Former President Trump presents a grave risk to our country, our global alliances and the future of democracy. As president, he regularly ignored the rule of law. One of his first acts was to order an unconstitutional Muslim travel ban. His last act was to try to stay in power by defying election results and the will of the American people. In between, he put in place extremely conservative Supreme Court justices, who reversed longstanding precedents and legal protections, stripping women of reproductive rights, gutting environmental protections, and granting Trump virtual immunity for his official acts."
"When that level of Justice Department firepower joins forces to sound the alarm about a clear and present danger to the rule of law and our democracy, it is incumbent on us as voters to pay attention," said Wallace.
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