Biden on federal investigations of Trump: "I will not do what this president does and use the Justic

[soothsayer]

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Andrew Solender
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Nov 24, 2020
Biden on federal investigations of Trump: "I will not do what this president does and use the Justice Department as my vehicle to insist that something happen."

Says he has "read about" state/local investigations, doesn't comment further.

Andrew Solender
@AndrewSolender
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[exboyfil]

1. In two months we will finally have a President again

Perfect answer.

[rzemanfl]

2. There are plenty of pissed off FBI Agents, DOJ lawyers and other such folks for that.

Not to mention businesses and individuals who got screwed.

[Mopar151]

4. Joe has people for that!

All the ones named, and many more!

[DanieRains]

3. It Is Not His Job To Look Under The Trump Rocks

And charge every slimy thing that comes out.

I say let Adam Schiff do it.

Remember, only prosecute folks who have done crimes.

Let's be fair now.

[frazzled]

7. Adam Schiff can't prosecute

The best he can do is investigate and make public reports.

Let’s please get off this repeat of 2008-9, when there were hundreds of daily calls here to prosecute Bush-era officials. It didn’t happen then and it won’t happen now. The most we should expect is for the SDNY to proceed with civil and criminal cases they have been preparing for Trump’s private financial misdeeds and tax evasion.

Nobody is going to prosecute him for putting kids in cages, heinous as that was, or for failing to lead (or rather, acting to mislead) on COVID. There is executive discretion, on the one hand, and lying to the people (and perhaps even child abuse, alas) are not federal crimes. Plus, it is not something that has been done before: prosecuting former presidents.

There is so much that needs to be done. Let’s not get caught in this futile revenge drama, as much as we would love for him to be punished and to set an example for the future. Unless an actual crime is unearthed ( not just horribleness), it’s highly unlikely to happen.

[sboatcar]

9. The DOJ I'm sure could find plenty to go after

for things he did before he was president anyway......sure, he did lots of messed up stuff as president, but karma will pay him back for that.

[questionseverything]

10. Kidnapping children and torturing them is a crime

Wether it is in federal court or state court

When we had the house,senate and presidency in 2008 and didn’t prosecute bush/cheney for war crimes or deliver a public option we lost the faith of the voters in 2010,it has taken trump and all this time to get another chance.....hopefully we learned our lesson

[BarackTheVote]

15. It's not about revenge

It’s about drawing a line in the sand and saying this behavior is unacceptable and that the president is not above the law. If we don’t start prosecuting crimes committed while in office, we’ll keep getting unaccountable authoritarian executives, and that’s a fact.

[procon]

5. That doesn't stop the independent DOJ from

investigating whatever wrongdoing they find. If the new AG determines he has a solid case to indict Trump then Biden will not interfere.

As it should be.

[LanternWaste]

6. Biden makes a very judiciously crated statement,

Despite the inaccurate inference the more melodramatic may make, he's ruled absolutely nothing out, and has simultaneously avoided allowing it to become a new unsupported allegation for the Martyred Right (which is what the right wing does best-- allege the martyrdom of their sacred cows at the hands of Democrats and pretend to be insulted when asked for objective evidence to support those empty statements... it's a tough act to miss)

My guess is Biden will dot every I and cross every T prior to taking any actions. Obama had one of the most disciplined administrations I can think of, and I'm quite certain Biden will carry on with that.

[rzemanfl]

13. Here is an "f" for your subject line. n/t

[MyOwnPeace]

8. Step One:

Put the FULL Mueller Report on the desk of an assistant attorney at the DOJ.

[roamer65]

11. It also doesn't stop cooperation with New York State authorities.

[LizBeth]

12. If yawl run across a crime will you call it out?

[russiamommy]

14. Biden is absolutely right on this

DOJ should not be used for political purposes. Biden needs to stay out of any of these investigations - and certainly should not be ordering them. If there are things to investigate law enforcement will do it. I have every confidence that they will, but Biden needs to stay out of it. I’m a former Fed. Back then, at least in my agency, political appointees were left out of all discussions about all criminal investigations. It needs to get back to that standard. Law enforcement needs to be apolitical. Justice is blind and all that...