of obstructing an official proceeding of Congress, which carry a potential sentence of up to twenty years. But legal experts said that convicting Trump of such a charge could be difficult. Ilya Somin, a libertarian legal scholar at George Mason University and a critic of the former President, told me that Trump’s lawyers would likely argue that it did not apply to him because he did not enter the Capitol on January 6th.
The congressional staffer with knowledge of the committee’s work said that the media had exaggerated Thompson and Cheney’s statements. “The criminal-referral stuff has gotten blown out of proportion,” the staffer cautioned. “It has become the shiny new object.
Ultimately, the decision about whether to prosecute Trump lies with Garland, a former federal judge who has madein the political neutrality of the Justice Department his core goal. Despite Garland’s attempts to divorce the Justice Department from politically charged prosecutions, it is increasingly clear that investigating Trump is becoming the defining issue of his tenure.
David Laufman, a former senior Justice Department official, said he disagreed with criticism of the Justice Department for not having already charged Trump criminally. “Notwithstanding the horrors of January 6th, D.O.J. should not be pursuing criminal investigations or prosecutions against former President Trump or others connected to the attack on the Capitol unless both the facts and the law support doing so under established policy,” he said.
On Wednesday afternoon, Garland gave a speech that was clearly designed to reassure the public and counter critics. The twenty-five-minute address was vintage Garland. He pledged political neutrality andthat “we follow the facts—not an agenda or an assumption.” He promised equal justice for all: “There cannot be different rules depending on one’s political party or affiliation. There cannot be different rules for friends and foes.” And he vowed further measures.
RohdeD The democrats fear him.
RohdeD usaslapstick
RohdeD Both side bs disconnect
RohdeD FAA to make decision on whether to continue flying around planet because people think the earth is flat. People will be upset no matter what they decide.
RohdeD Stick with the evidence and the facts…the law and justice…
RohdeD What an apathetic author.
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RohdeD Breathtaking how the media fails us over and over and over…
RohdeD Garland knew what was going to be required of TheJusticeDept when he took the job. If he's afraid of what traitors will say about him if he does his sworn duty, then he shouldn't have accepted the nomination. We're at war with fascism. He can be McClellan, or he can be Grant.
RohdeD A goldilocks dilemma. Well it's more of a dilemma for the bears. I mean somebody breaks into your crib, samples your food (spitting out samples along the way), and leaving so much linen in disarray. No wonder hospitality employees are staying away in droves.
RohdeD The internet said this wasnt happening though
RohdeD Merrick's Choice: (1) Be demonized and save democracy, or (2) Be demonized and enable Fascism. Sounds like an easier one than Sophie's.
RohdeD “Both sides” rears its ugly head! Some will be happy that laws were enforced, others not so much.
RohdeD Let me help: Trump will never come close to being indicted for anything anywhere. Glad we have that settled
RohdeD 'Both sides' bullshit.
RohdeD When you are fighting for the side of the law, you will always be hated by criminals.
RohdeD The rotten state of America's media
RohdeD Stop it
RohdeD Don’t both sides this.
RohdeD So he might as well take the action that destroys democracy and replaces it with dictatorship.
RohdeD He shouldn't care if those demonizing him are the demons and their worshipers.
RohdeD Not by me.
RohdeD Someone will be offended if he applies the law? So what? Why enable the lawbreakers with a false equivalency of 'no matter what, someone's going to be upset?' Ya'll can do better than the kind of equivalency nonsense spewed by David Brooks or Ross Douthat over at the Atlantic.
RohdeD What kind of 🐂🐂🐂💩💩💩 is this? The only people who will demonize him are the ones calling the attackers 'patriots'
RohdeD Well then just be on the right side of history.
RohdeD Demonization by unhinged anti democratic Rs is nothing to fear. They will undoubtedly scream if their conspiracies are unearthed and prosecuted.
RohdeD He will be demonized by Republicans no matter what he does. If he worries about satisfying the GOP rather than the rule of law, we are all doomed.
RohdeD Then he might as well be demonized for doing the right thing.
Your magazine never gets it right politically. There are way too many Democrat-undermining Berners given free rein, and now this crap.
RohdeD If he let's our Democracy fail, he'll live forever in infamy. Prosecute the domestic terrorists, to the fullest extent of the law.
RohdeD Somebody has to break through his great wall of lawyers... that's the only wall he's managed to build and keep standing.
The US justice system is a disgrace. And they date talk about banana republics!!!
RohdeD You know who gets Demonized? Demons.
Mob bosses often get away with their crimes. At least for a while…
gtconway3d And to try it again.
RohdeD Another 'both sides' article. Yes, if he applies the law and prosecutes no matter who is involved, he will be 'demonized' by the fascist faction of the Republican Party. No patriotic American should be bothered by that.
gtconway3d Hell no. You charge him and let the chips fall. Not charging b/c you might lose is just an excuse.
RohdeD Unfortunately, people are still buying-in to a viewpoint not based on science. At the very least, Honorable Merrick Garland, is and should remain adamant regarding our rule of laws in America and how important the concern remains. He should not yield or surrender his zeal.🍀
RohdeD Mikhael Baryshnikov, I mean merrickgarland should do what it takes to put corrupt people to justice. holdjan6insurrectionistaccountable 😁 WhoopiGoldberg TheView
gtconway3d Trump has lived by loopholes all his life. Time for the jaws of justice to slam shut on him.
Oh bullshit, there are laws on the books to hold him accountable. They just don't use those laws to hold rich, white men with dirt on the rest accountable.
gtconway3d At least he must be kept out of the WH.
gtconway3d BS This type of storytelling is code for fascism in plain sight. Tell us in advance that he won’t be held accountable so when he is not held accountable, we just accept it. No! Not buying your crap.
Considering the people most directly affected by the attack are still 'working' in the same building with the same attackers without showing utter outrage and constantly calling them out to their faces... It seems like a very toxic work environment. Our best interests are lost.
gtconway3d And if all the stars line up just right.... Anything is possible but this is highly improbable.
UweMlle01578382 😆
gtconway3d So True! ... The past is prologue.
gtconway3d How is the act of trying to overturn a presidential election so you can keep power not literally categorized as treason? Is treason not criminal? How is that not a high crime?
gtconway3d This publication just takes a bunch of words and puts them into what could be loosely defined as a sentence. Total garbage.
gtconway3d He will never be charged. No one in government will allow the highest seat to be prosecuted. It will put them all at risk of being easily prosecuted. They will protect themselves in the final hour.
gtconway3d Really sick of this narrative
gtconway3d Cool narrative to push
gtconway3d RICOsuave
gtconway3d Here goes the 'DOUBT'
the simple fact is, admissions out of his own big mouth prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he ran 1/6 and that he had Michael Reinoehl murdered. the laws are not vague, and there are no loopholes a human could get through. just a legal system that isn't worth a tinker's damn.
Well this would be a great precedent to set...no dictators in U.S.A.
This is getting so old. 🥱🥱
Of course it was a Crime. It was many CRIMES!! We saw it! A broad Conspiracy by TrumpCrimeFamily to disrupt Congress & overthrow election results & ending in 1/6 violence. Prosecute the LEADERS now & use RICO statutes if necessary.
I have no doubt he’s happy to let all of his loyal supporters serve jail time and suffer all consequences while he completely abandons them. Anyone who’s paid the slightest attention to his history would not have predicted anything else.
No consequences for a rich, white, politically-connected man? I am shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
He'll never have an impartial jury. They know it. He knows it. They know charging him will actually create a hot civil war. So then, go after everyone and everything he loves. Well, he only loves money. But probably would be bummed if his girlfriend/daughter went to prison.
Then, he needs to be isolated by bringing down those who supported him and the insurrection
He will go to prison for the same thing mob bosses usually go to prison for. Tax evasion. Or in his case, outright fraud.
I say stuff like this and I get blocked by Mueller, She Wrote for 'doom shit.' Here's my doom shit.
America has no problem incarcerating young black men for any number of insignificant “crimes” but finds it impossible to indict a rich white man for an attempted coup? If you want to understand white privilege you can start there.
Or so he’d like to think but …
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