'That's poppycock,' neal_katyal says of AG Barr's defense. 'This is unprecedented, it's incredibly disheartening to me and everyone who works at the Justice Dept... There's not a single person who's not enormously worried about what's going on right now.'
Former Acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal tells Ali Velshi that it is "disheartening" for the Justice Department that Attorney General Bill Barr is accused of using his power to help President Trump in criminal cases involving the president's allies and foes.
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