Acting on a mix of principle and caution, Justice Department officials under former President Joe Biden made a series of decisions that significantly delayed and ultimately may have hampered the federal criminal investigations into President Donald Trump, according to a new book.

The slow decision-making at the top of Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Justice Department affected two major probes into Trump after he lost the White House in 2020: whether he illegally possessed and obstructed the retrieval of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence, and whether he conspired illegally to overturn the 2020 election.

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      Some Democrats have compromised values, of course. Many of them are part of the problem.

      By being a member of Trump’s party all current Republicans have compromised values.

      That is a massive difference.

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        I’ll give you AOC and Liz Warren on the national stage. That’s it.

        The rest are OBVIOUSLY captured by billionaires. Anyone with half a brain can see that now.

        See how they treat Mamdani?

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      This was done by Merrick Garland. He is a registered Republican, so what makes this a “both sides” story?