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Democrats see good chance of Garland prosecuting Trump
The Hill ^ | January 17, 2022 | Alexander Bolton

Posted on 01/17/2022 8:44:36 AM PST by Trump20162020

Senate Democrats believe there is a good chance the Department of Justice will prosecute former President Trump for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election and inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, which would have major political reverberations ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

Democratic lawmakers say they don’t have any inside information on what might happen and describe Attorney General Merrick Garland as someone who would make sure to run any investigation strictly “by the book.”

But they also say the fact that Garland has provided little indication about whether the Department of Justice has its prosecutorial sights set on Trump doesn’t necessarily mean the former president isn’t likely to be charged.

Given the weight of public evidence, Democratic lawmakers think Trump committed federal crimes.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: doj; donaldtrump; garland; merrickgarland; neverhappen; prosecutegarland; tds; trump
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1 posted on 01/17/2022 8:44:36 AM PST by Trump20162020
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It’s like they are begging for a civil war....


2 posted on 01/17/2022 8:45:55 AM PST by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: Trump20162020

Moving toward a Banana Republic. I trust they will be ready when the Republicans are back in charge.


3 posted on 01/17/2022 8:46:29 AM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: Trump20162020

They are failing in a spectacular way; this is about all that they have left.


4 posted on 01/17/2022 8:47:29 AM PST by fireman15
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To: Trump20162020

Do that and they’ll get a real January 6 they won’t be lying about.


5 posted on 01/17/2022 8:48:10 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Trump20162020

I’m sure schiff “has seen the evidence “.


6 posted on 01/17/2022 8:48:22 AM PST by Track9 (Agamemnon came home to a HRC type party. )
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To: Trump20162020

Garland. Georgie Soros’ little Nazi elf.


7 posted on 01/17/2022 8:48:23 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: shadowlands1960

This will give them a real insurrection.

Which is exactly what they want.

L


8 posted on 01/17/2022 8:49:05 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Trump20162020
They won't get anywhere with this.

POTUS is 100% INSULATED.


9 posted on 01/17/2022 8:49:44 AM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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"Attorney General Merrick Garland as someone who would make sure to run any investigation strictly 'by the book.'"

That has a familiar ring to it. Oh, yeah...

Three times, Rice wrote that Obama used the phrase “by the book” to describe his instructions, a clear effort to create a narrative that Obama did nothing wrong.

Susan Rice’s email exposes Team Obama’s ‘by the book’ treachery by Michael Goodwin, May 20, 2020.

"By the book" -- code for more treachery against Donald Trump.
10 posted on 01/17/2022 8:50:19 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: Trump20162020

EVERYBODY will see this for the corrupt desperation move that it is. This will simply drive even more people to vote for Trump.


11 posted on 01/17/2022 8:50:26 AM PST by FLT-bird
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What else do the have left to try? I mean other then just doing the right thing for America, they haven’t tried that yet.


12 posted on 01/17/2022 8:52:55 AM PST by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: shadowlands1960
It’s like they are begging for a civil war....

The KGB in the Soviet Union was their law-enforcement, state security, political-legal regulatory body. Nothing happened in politics there without passing by them. Indeed, their members ran the country after Stalin.

The DOJ is now America's KGB. Its the political brain and nerve center of Fed.gov.

13 posted on 01/17/2022 8:53:53 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Trump20162020

PBIAMF...................


14 posted on 01/17/2022 8:55:03 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Democratic lawmakers say they don’t have any inside information on what might happen and describe Attorney General Merrick Garland as someone who would make sure to run any investigation strictly “by the book.”

Oh, of course...things have been so "by the book" this entire time.

15 posted on 01/17/2022 8:55:56 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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I think they should try to impeach Trump again. 😂


16 posted on 01/17/2022 8:56:01 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: Trump20162020

*yawn*

just red meat for their stupid base.


17 posted on 01/17/2022 8:56:02 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Trump20162020

More fantasy land fables from the brain dead.


18 posted on 01/17/2022 8:56:07 AM PST by Bayan
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To: Trump20162020

Go ahead, do it! Trump’s attorneys can then subpoena the corrupt FBI thugs who incited matters.


19 posted on 01/17/2022 8:57:04 AM PST by Lysandru
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To: Lurker

They think they want it. They would be in for a shock though.


20 posted on 01/17/2022 8:58:33 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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