"Wolf in the op-ed that's titled "Why I'm resigning" accused Trump of "targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment." This was "contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years" in the DOJ and on the bench, said Wolf, was 38 when he was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1985."
""What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly," said Wolf, who served in the DOJ in the years after the Watergate break-in. Wolf said "even a prosecution that ends in an acquittal can have devastating consequences for the defendant" a noted DOJ guidelines instruct prosecutors "not to seek an indictment unless they believe there is sufficient admissible evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." However, "Trump has utterly ignored this principle.""
Judge Wolf resigned, accusing President Trump of targeting adversaries while sparing friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment. Wolf said those actions conflict with his more than fifty years of service in the Department of Justice and on the federal bench. Wolf compared current practices to Nixon, saying Trump now does overtly what Nixon did covertly. Wolf emphasized that prosecutions can devastate defendants even with acquittals and invoked DOJ guidance requiring sufficient admissible evidence before indicting. Wolf declared silence intolerable and expressed a desire to serve as a spokesperson for judges constrained by judicial conduct rules.
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