By Anonymous
A couple of years ago I began displaying some memorabilia in my office: press clippings, photos, a gold coin with the Department of Justice’s insignia on one side and an image of the Capitol building on the other. They commemorated cases I had prosecuted against those who took part in the violent attack on the Capitol on January 6th 2021. When Donald Trump was re-elected last November, a colleague asked if I was going to take them down. “Hell no,” I said. What was the new administration going to do? Call me out for upholding my oath to defend the constitution? I wasn’t going to hide work I was proud of.
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