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In a poignant and provocative essay published in The Atlantic, Wolf articulated the reasoning behind his departure, characterizing it as a heavy matter of conscience. He reached back into the archives of his own professional history, citing his formative years in the Department of Justice during the Watergate scandal as the foundational experience that shaped his fierce commitment to nonpartisan justice. For Wolf, the preservation of an impartial legal system is not merely a job requirement—it is the very heart of the American experiment. He explicitly accused the current political movement surrounding Donald Trump of weaponizing legal institutions, transforming the instruments of justice into mere props for political utility.
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