Nearly two dozen former U.S. attorneys who are Republicans have endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president, saying President Donald Trump is a "threat to the rule of law."
According to The Washington Post, the 20 ex-U.S. attorneys signed an open letter published Tuesday that outlined their reasoning for backing Biden, a former vice president.
"The President has clearly conveyed that he expects his Justice Department appointees and prosecutors to serve his personal and political interests," the letter reads. The officials also accused Trump of taking "action against those who have stood up for the interests of justice."
They added that Trump poses "a threat to the rule of law in our country."
"He has politicized the Justice Department, dictating its priorities along political lines and breaking down the barrier that prior administrations had maintained between political and prosecutorial decision-making."
The U.S. attorneys who signed the letter were appointed by every Republican president stretching back to Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served from 1953-1961.
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