The degradation of the Department of Justice

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  The Economist.

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  I'm John Pridoux, and this is Checks and Balance from The Economist.

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  Each week we take one big theme shaping American politics and explore it in depth.

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  Today, the transformation of the Department of Justice.

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  Under Donald Trump, the DOJ is changing from an independent arm of the law

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  to a personal tool of the president.

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  The acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, previously number two in the department,

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  and before that, Trump's personal defense lawyer, epitomizes this change.

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  This week, he faced a committee of senators

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  who will decide whether to recommend him to head the department on a more permanent basis.

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  What's going on at the DOJ?

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  And how will it affect the rule of law in America?

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  Joining me this week to talk about the Department of Justice,

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  how it's changing in Donald Trump's second term,

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  are James Bennett and Charlotte Howard, our US editor, who's currently in London.

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  Charlotte, how's it going?

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  I am very well.

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  I am very sorry that England lost last night.

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  We're recording this on Thursday morning.

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  And The Economist goes to press on Thursdays, and so Wednesday is a very busy day.

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