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Cato Weekly Podcast • August 13, 2020 

# Prosecutor Turned Senator Kamala Harris on Criminal Justice 

Kamala Harris, now a candidate for Vice President, did some things as a prosecutor that should make people question her fidelity to the law, but that doesn’t place her outside the mainstream of prosecutors. Jay Schweikert comments on Harris’s background. 

**Related:** 
“[Kamala Harris and the Authoritarian Impulse](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/kamala-harris-authoritarian-impulse)” featuring Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Caleb O. Brown (June 3, 2019) 
“[The Kamala Harris Plan to Address the Gender Pay Gap](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/kamala-harris-plan-address-gender-pay-gap)” featuring Ryan Bourne and Caleb O. Brown (June 1, 2019)

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##### [Jay Schweikert](/people/jay-schweikert)

Former Research Fellow, Project on Criminal Justice

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute