The picture of a hesitant Justice Department runs contrary to the GOP allegation that the indictments of Trump were the product of a Democrat-led plot.

For months, investigators would have to wait to issue subpoenas or interview witnesses to gather new information,” the authors write, adding that Garland “had chosen to impose a very conservative interpretation of what DOJ officials called the 60-day rule,” urging prosecutors to avoid taking public investigative steps within two months of Election Day that involve candidates in that election.

  • kmartburrito@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    This has been what has always pissed me off. Follow the law to the letter and avoid being political, and avoid inaction due to politics, which is the same fucking thing in the end, to your point.

    Play hardball with Criminals, regardless of party affiliation. It literally should not matter what side of the aisle you sit on.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      like. it took them over a year and a half just to get the warrant to raid maralago. And they never got everything back.

      They didn’t search a closet because the door was locked. They scheduled the whole raid with trump’s protection detail. If it were almost literally anyone else, we would have been cuffed up and walked out the house before they even began searching, stuffed in the back of a truck and formally arrested when they found the classified shit.

      and we’re not talking about low level things getting leaked on warthunder, here. we’re talking high level sources of espionage in places like Russia. We’re talking nuclear designs and capabilities. things that are literally the most heavily classified materials the government has.

      if it had been any one else, Trump would have been raided jan 21, 2021, not august 8, 2022, and he’d probably never have seen daylight again. but eh. sure. “lets not be political”