Former Department of Justice attorney speaks out against Trump | Four Corners

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Erica Newland served as an attorney at the Department of Justice under Donald Trump. It was her job to review executive orders for former president Trump to ensure they were lawful.

Newland claims many executive orders reflected ‘deep bigotries’ towards community groups and felt conflicted when working on orders that she believed might ‘harm others’.

The Tree of Life shooting at a synagogue in Pennsylvania was the turning point that pushed her to quit.

Newland believes the Trump administration was using the DOJ to leigitmise lies.

She now works for Protect Democracy, pushing against the Trump movement and the man she believes to be an authoritarian threat.

*This interview was conducted as part of the 2024 two-part ABC Four Corners documentary 'Retribution'. Watch Retribution now on YouTube: bit.ly/46avfir

CHAPTERS

00:00 - 'Democracy is for losers'
00:45 - Working for the Department of Justice
01:40 - ‘Ripping children from their parents’
02:35 - Patriotic duty
04:00 - 2020 election
05:20 - Helping make orders ‘technically lawful’
06:16 - Working from the inside
07:50 - Is Donald Trump an authoritarian threat?
08:30 - What do you make of Project 2025?
09:40 - Loyal soldiers
10:17 - What you need to do, to serve under Trump
11:23 - Are you concerned about environmental policy?
12:05 - Trump joked about being a dictator
13:20 - Civil servants in America
14:35 - “This is really, really terrifying”
16:20 - “Donald Trump is a showman”
17:00 - January 6, Capitol riots
17:50 - The path to authoritarianism
19:45 - Joe Biden

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