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So Im curious, now that literally everyone on Earth knows that Former Guy was indeed trying to pull off a coup (two different kinds), is Garland's DOJ

Posted by Jovian (aka Jovian) Oct 7 '21, 10:45

actually going to do something about it???

I mean what the actual fuck?

Are we just going to walk ourselves right into a dictatorship in 2024?

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394-pages! -- (link) - mud Oct 7, 11:38 2
- Sorry Kyle Griffin. I imagine it's great reading. But at 394 pages of a-holes being a-holes, please provide bullet points. - Diva Oct 7, 12:07 1
  - yeah. I wanna rewatch MAID and eat dark chocolate. I've relinquished my Man Card. -- nm - mud Oct 7, 12:11
Wait, what happened? I just got our of a meeting, was there big news I missed (asking seriously) -- nm - MDH Oct 7, 11:33 1
- I KNOW. I asked below and nobody replied. (maybe they heart you more.) -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 7, 11:48
I think the biggest issue is that there's no precedent for prosecuting something like this. Where the line is between presidential authority and - pmb Oct 7, 11:10
You swore you would stop doing this if Biden won. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 7, 11:09
I think this is one of those rare instances where the political realities (in the sense of "perception is reality" in politics) take precedence ... - ReluctantCynic Oct 7, 11:01 8
- Does it though? It seems to me that if it's not prosecuted it gives a blue print to future presidents that there is no consequences for abusing the - pmb Oct 7, 11:05 7
  - No, not without consequences. There are any number of prosecutions and investigations already going on -- just not led by the AG. See, e.g. ... -- (link*) - ReluctantCynic Oct 7, 11:37
  - shocking nobody, I agree with poombah. -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 7, 11:32
  - See? That's what worries me. I mean, imagine if TFG or any of his people were actually smart... - Turd Ferguson Oct 7, 11:29 4
    - That is my biggest fear, too. And I could be persuaded to support a federal AG investigation. But for now, I'm far more worried about Sen. Tom Cotton. - ReluctantCynic Oct 7, 11:40 3
      - Fortunately Cotton has the Charisma of a wet sponge - Jovian Oct 7, 12:36
      - That’s my concern too. But you seem to think not prosecuting Trump would be a bigger deterrent to Cotton than prosecuting. I don’t really understand - pmb Oct 7, 11:53
      - yuk -- nm - mud Oct 7, 11:41
"You're right, we could sit around here all day, talking, passing resolutions, making clever speeches, it's not going to shift one Roman soldier!" - Max Oct 7, 10:57
Ben Dover says we're screwed -- nm - budice Oct 7, 10:50
wait what? I have two meetings and this happens? -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 7, 10:49
I don't think that the DOJ going after TFG will have the impact you are hoping for. - ty97 Oct 7, 10:49 5
- This. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 11:48
- not sure i agree, i think it's pretty close to a majority who do want to see the DOJ go after Trump. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 11:41
- So just let us walk into that dictatorship in 2024 is the answer then? -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 10:57 2
  - Well *helping him win* by sending the DOJ after him doesn't seem like a wise solution -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 11:03 1
    - help him with who? His base? He could murder children publicly and be fine with them. -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 12:34
How would we know? -- nm - mara Oct 7, 10:49 5
- We wouldnt. But I mean, are they? are they just gonna let this slide? - Jovian Oct 7, 10:59 4
  - I don't think they're gonna "let this slide" as much as "let other government authorities pursue this." - ReluctantCynic Oct 7, 11:02 3
    - I think insurrection and abuse of federal power would fall directly in the AG's arena. -- nm - pmb Oct 7, 11:06 1
      - It does. But it also falls under the jurisdiction of other law enforcement agencies -- federally and in the District. Plus the Congressional hearings. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 7, 11:40
    - For example -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 7, 11:06

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