Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska known for breaking with her party at times, has questioned whether the Justice Department is acting independently after the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.
Murkowski posted on X that the department has historically been shielded from presidential influence to maintain public trust. She warned that this independence looks compromised when “overt political pressure from the White House leads to unusual personnel changes and criminal charges filed just days after the President calls for them.”
