“‘You’re seeing a real strain on these institutions and the strain is coming in the form of really challenging the norms under which they’ve operated in the past,’ said Lisa Monaco, who served as assistant attorney general for national security during the Obama administration…
“‘In my 15 years of experience, I have never seen that happen before where the attorney general kind of reaches in to overrule the line prosecutors, and even as they were pursuing what was consistent with Justice Department policy,’ Monaco said. ‘There is example after example of these institutions being challenged and being put under stress…’”