Republican former U.S. attorneys say Trump threatens the rule of law

Twenty formerU.S. attorneys— all of themRepublicans — on Tuesday publicly called President Donald Trump “a threat to the rule of law in our country,” and urged that he be replaced in November with his Democratic opponent, former vice president Joe Biden.

“The President has clearly conveyed that he expects his Justice Department appointees and prosecutors to serve his personal andpolitical interests,” saidthe former prosecutors in an open letter. They accused Trump of taking “action against those who have stood up for the interests of justice.”

The letter, signed by prosecutors appointed by everyGOP president fromEisenhower to Trump, is the latest instance of Republicans backing Biden. In August, dozens of GOP national security experts signed a full-page newspaper ad endorsing Biden over Trump.

“He has politicized the Justice Department, dictating its priorities along political lines and breaking down the barrier that prior administrations hadmaintained between political and prosecutorial decision-making,” their letter says.