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Judge Mark L. Wolf served on the federal bench for 40 years, but this month he announced his retirement, followed by a searing explanation, published in the Atlantic , of why he had decided to leave the judiciary. Five decades after he entered a Justice Department still reeling from the Watergate scandals, Wolf says he couldn’t bear to be silent about what the Trump administration has done to the rule of law and the DOJ any longer. In his first podcast interview, Judge Wolf explained his decision to break his silence to Dahlia Lithwick on last week’s Amicus . The following transcript has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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