Posted on 07/02/2024 6:03:30 PM PDT by Libloather
Justice Department officials plan to pursue the criminal cases against Donald Trump past Election Day even if he wins, under the belief that department rules against charging or prosecuting a sitting president would not kick in until Inauguration Day in January, according to people familiar with the discussions.
That approach may become more consequential given this week’s Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity, which probably will lead to further delays to Trump’s election interference trial in D.C. and has already affected one of his state cases.
Senior law enforcement officials have long viewed the two federal indictments against Trump — the 45th president and the presumptive Republican nominee in this year’s election — as operating with potential time constraints. That’s because of long-standing Justice Department policy that officials cannot criminally charge a sitting president.
Lawyers in the department do not believe the policy bars them from proceeding against a president-elect, however, according to the people familiar with the discussions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal deliberations.
The plan to continue filing motions, seeking court hearings, and potentially conducting a trial between Election Day and Inauguration Day underscores the highly unusual nature of prosecuting not just a former president, but also possibly a future one. In the months after winning election, a president-elect assumes some of the trappings of the office, such as more security and high-level briefings, but that person is not the commander in chief.
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On November 6th Trump should move into Mar a Largo with his SS officers and his lawyers and blow off the trials. Desantis won’t cooperate with any move by Biden’s DOJ to dislodge the president-elect and force him to appear in DC until his inauguration. The trial in Florida will be moot long before then and, when Trump is the 47th president, all this crap will be erased. Hopefully along with about 30,000 democrat affiliated deep state traitors!
Was that a haiku?
Trump should have dealt with Hillary and Soros in 2017. Harshly. If he had, I think things would be different now.
And why, in the name of all that’s holy, is Soros running free in this country? If he’s not the head of the snake, he’s close.
Exactly. This is a bunch of big talk designed for the here and now. It won’t be what they’ll be saying if/when Trump wins. When that happens, they’ll be looking to make their peace with Trump, not dig their graves even deeper.
That’s not going to happen. 🙄
Relocate DOJ out of DC, somewhere like North Dakota.
All the stalinists will quit. They love their Chesapeake Bay Dachas and Sailing yachts too much.
These lawyers phones belong to the people, their emails belong to the people, and their schedules/notes belong to the people. Any incomplete record or damaged record is spoliation, thus evidence of guilt. Charges should fly.
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