Department of Justice - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Department of Justice Index / Organizations Transcripts Shaun Donovan ...Tom Perrelli, who was my lawyer at the Justice Department , who was just fantastic. He and I wer... ...Tom Perrelli was my partner at the Department of Justice , the head of the Civil Division—just ... Dan Tarullo ...you worked on antitrust issues at the Justice Department . Yes, after law school, exactly... Tom Vilsack ...or the Department of Commerce or the Department of Justice . And they wouldn't have any idea that... ...Not really. Not surprised. The Department of Justice made the decision after those hearing... ...dollars. You had to work through the Justice Department . The Justice Department had lawyer... ...through the Justice Department. The Justice Department had lawyers who, “By god, we've alread... ...basically, give the green light to the Justice Department to authorize a billion additiona... ...a plan. We had to negotiate with the Department of Justice . We might've done it a little bi... Show more... Hannah August ...the Obama period. You were at the Justice Department through two very important cases, whic... ...end up leading communications at the Department of Justice [DOJ]. I could take you with me. Bu... ...at the Department of Justice [ DOJ ]. I could take you with me. But we'v... ...interesting, because the Department of Justice —the way the Office of Public Affair... ...think just that I loved working at the Department of Justice . It was amazing. It was amazin... ...had done so much to politicize the Department of Justice . Eric Holder had been an attorney wit... ...Holder had been an attorney with the Department of Justice for most of his career and was reall... ...and to tell them politics is out of the Department of Justice . “There's no more room for that. I... ...really interesting about working in the Department of Justice as a comms person is that you have t... ...for the White House to know what the Department of Justice was doing in every moment. [Laughs] I'... ...Obama administration, including by the Department of Justice —I believe other agencies were workin... ...the biggest areas of growth for me at DOJ , because I have no legal background. ... ...language wouldn't be appropriate at the Department of Justice . But to speak in complete legalese t... ...share all the stories. —story from DOJ , which I would love for the record. ... ...and it was really interesting being at DOJ , because I would hear the informatio... ...liaison with the White House from the Department of Justice in many ways; Matt, too, in others. Bu... ...attorney general so much. I loved the Department of Justice so much. Matt had been my boss an... Show more... Eric Waldo ...The transition, which was, again, a DOJ [Department of Justice] building, ... ...transition, which was, again, a DOJ [ Department of Justice ] building, I think it's Sixth and ... Sylvia Burwell ...you lost your mind?” It's the Clinton Justice Department that's doing this investigation, an... Ellen Weintraub ...based on work that he had done at the Justice Department . There was some strong opposition t... ...folks who had worked with him at the Justice Department . He was not very popular with th... Jordan Brooks ...office on violence against women at the Department of Justice that does both grantmaking to polic... ...learn much more about something.” The Department of Justice hosted one that was all about th... ...reports started coming into the Department of Justice pretty quickly. There were a number o... ...grants that were happening, also at the Department of Justice as well at the time, making sure w... ...of Juvenile Justice Prevention at the Justice Department that could really be scaled u... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Transition Transition go to the Human Rights Human Rights go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate