Posted on 08/02/2022 1:57:46 PM PDT by Ennis85
Nervous pundits warn that for the good of the country, the Justice Department ought not to indict Donald Trump, since prosecuting a former president is the sort of thing “banana republics” do. That’s wrong on two grounds.
First, it is not up to Attorney General Merrick Garland to decide what’s in the country’s long-term democratic interests. The decision whether to “spare the country” the turmoil surrounding a past president’s criminal trial rests with the chief executive, as was the case under President Gerald Ford.
The closest the Justice Department’s prosecutorial guidelines come to that concept is the requirement that a prosecution serve a “substantial federal interest.” But that factor, as properly understood, weighs in favor of prosecution. As the guidelines note:
"In determining whether a substantial federal interest exists that requires prosecution, the attorney for the government should consider the nature and seriousness of the offense involved. A number of factors may be relevant to this consideration. One factor that is obviously of primary importance is the actual or potential impact of the offense on the community and on the victim(s). The nature and seriousness of the offense may also include a consideration of national security interests."
Well, there could hardly be a more substantial interest than punishing the leader of an attempt to overthrow a democratic election in order to deter future coups.
Fortunately, Garland made clear in a recent interview with NBC News’s Lester Holt that his department intends to “hold everyone, anyone who was criminally responsible for the events surrounding January 6, for any attempt to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to another, accountable.” The attorney general seemed to reject the idea of excluding a prosecution simply because Trump was president.
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Groovy. So prosecute the current “President” for massive corruption and leading the fraud of the last election.
Jennifer Rubin is the poster child for the Fake News conglomerate.
She’s got room-temperature IQ.
I guess there’s two types of banana republics.
The ones that DO put their corrupt politicians in jail.
and the ones that DON’T.
“To hold everyone, anyone who was criminally responsible for the events surrounding January 6, for any attempt to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to another, accountable.”
Well...yeah...the lawful transfer of power WAS blocked...by leftists who stole the election from Trump....you can pretend otherwise Mr. AG...but that does not make it so.
Like, Comey not prosecuting Hillary for clear violations of secrecy laws? Like that?
I already know, it looks like the Compost's Newsroom, Editorial and Management Monkeys.
Banana Republic Productions were contracted for the Lez Romney inquisition
I smell gas.
Want to know what a corrupt globalist lackey looks like?
I’ll bet Rubin $1000 that Trump is never indicted.
Anybody that know how to reach the ugly broad can give her the message.
She’ll have to come over to Free Republic to make the bet.
Rubin is a twat.
If that is the prevailing opinion then “The Big Guy”, who has more issues than a magazine rack, won’t be able to cancel any of his subscriptions when the bell tolls for him.
A “Banana Republic” is a place where Monkey Pox was not stopped in the beginning, even though it would have been quite easy and in the public interest.
The Washington Post-Pravda was all too eager to "spare the country" of a criminal trial of a high-ranking politician when the DOJ let Mrs. Bill Clinton get away with giving the Russians, and anybody else who wanted them, thousands of Secret and Top-Secret documents.
“”it is not up to Attorney General Merrick Garland to decide what’s in the country’s long-term democratic interests””
Ahhh - such an expert on the law. Little did we know! If she bothered to look around, she’d know that’s exactly what the AG’s have been doing in this country for the past few years. Who covered for Comey and the rest of that gang? Exactly what Garland intends to do!
Jennifer Rubin. The former fake republican token at WaPo. She even dropped the pretense at being a Republican token long ago. Now she’s just another pile of bread mold.
Rubin has teeth like that & its disgusting.
So is her face.
Good post BTW.
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