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Nevilledog

(51,055 posts)
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 12:23 PM Nov 2020

"A Biden DOJ will be a check on R Senators who should be criminally charged..."



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Tom Joseph
@TomJChicago
The Senate will be tough to flip to Dems. The solution? A Biden DOJ will be a check on R Senators who should be criminally charged for what they’ve done over the last four years- Ron Johnson, Rand Paul, Mitch, Lindsey, others in Putin’s pocket & grifters all should be worried
9:04 AM · Nov 4, 2020
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"A Biden DOJ will be a check on R Senators who should be criminally charged..." (Original Post) Nevilledog Nov 2020 OP
I love the sound of that. Mike 03 Nov 2020 #1
We shouldn't, and won't, use the Justice Department as a political weapon. dawg Nov 2020 #2
Russian assets gotta go. soothsayer Nov 2020 #6
Plenty of real crimes to investigate. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #9
Exactly right. yonder Nov 2020 #16
Taking Power Is Pointless Unless You Use It, Ma'am The Magistrate Nov 2020 #3
And there seems to be a remarkable supply of Bolivian marching powder My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #7
Two words: Independent Prosecutor nt Fiendish Thingy Nov 2020 #4
Doug Jones spent 3 years in the Senate. Dawson Leery Nov 2020 #5
That would be nice though I'm not sure Biden or Dem leadership will go down that path. jalan48 Nov 2020 #8
We can't afford politeness anymore. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #12
Totally agree. jalan48 Nov 2020 #14
wow...I'd forgotten about having a functional DOJ!! Roland99 Nov 2020 #10
I Agree, Ma'am The Magistrate Nov 2020 #17
Biden must do this. There can be none of this my friends on the other side bullshit Autumn Nov 2020 #11
+1000 lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #13
Investigate now! AleksS Nov 2020 #15
They should start by investigating all the Russian money going into Repube campaigns cbdo2007 Nov 2020 #18
Release the unredacted mueller investigation AND poli-junkie Nov 2020 #19

dawg

(10,622 posts)
2. We shouldn't, and won't, use the Justice Department as a political weapon.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 12:26 PM
Nov 2020

But we do need to investigate and act against real crimes and attempts to rig the election, and I think both Dejoy and Barr deserve some real scrutiny, as do many of the people involved in child separation and ICE.

Hopefully, all the legal votes get counted and they will be enough.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
9. Plenty of real crimes to investigate.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 12:35 PM
Nov 2020

Some of these pigs are going down.

We don't have to do norms anymore - Turd and Turtle said so.

Hit 'em as hard as necessary.

yonder

(9,662 posts)
16. Exactly right.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 12:41 PM
Nov 2020

The Justice Deptartment has to do its job independently, and not directed by outside interests. That should result in indictments of some powerful people.

The Magistrate

(95,244 posts)
3. Taking Power Is Pointless Unless You Use It, Ma'am
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 12:28 PM
Nov 2020

Criminal investigation, for bribery, for being agent of a hostile power, and anything else that can be contrived really ought to be pursued.

Subpoenas ought to be ignored, court judgements ignored, the whole nine yards. Nice guys, as they say, finish last....


"What is not forbidden is required."



My Pet Orangutan

(9,219 posts)
7. And there seems to be a remarkable supply of Bolivian marching powder
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 12:33 PM
Nov 2020

available to the favored son of the Trump Organization.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
5. Doug Jones spent 3 years in the Senate.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 12:33 PM
Nov 2020

Jones would be privy to their crimes. Biden could also appoint him AG. See where this is going?

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
12. We can't afford politeness anymore.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 12:36 PM
Nov 2020

Hit 'em hard.

Act the way they would, only stay within legal limits.

The Magistrate

(95,244 posts)
17. I Agree, Ma'am
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 12:47 PM
Nov 2020

There are no 'friends across the aisle', not anymore.

To paraphrase Gen. Sheridan, the only good Republicans I ever saw are dead, and I mean that quite literally --- I recall people like Sens. Javits and Brooke, and others of that time.

We are better than they are, but not because we behave better --- we are better because our goals are better,


"If there are such things as angels, I hope they are organized on the lines of the Mafia."

AleksS

(1,665 posts)
15. Investigate now!
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 12:40 PM
Nov 2020

Bring the might of the DoJ down on their heads. There IS dirt there.

Take. Them. Down.

poli-junkie

(1,002 posts)
19. Release the unredacted mueller investigation AND
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 12:58 PM
Nov 2020

investigate Kremlin $ laundering through the NRA to finance Repuke 2016 campaigns

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