Prosecutor Quits Trump's Law Enforcement Commission, Saying The Fix Is In

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Source: Huffpost

An elected prosecutor who took a role in Donald Trump’s presidential commission on law enforcement has resigned, telling Attorney General William Barr that he is concerned the commission was “intent on providing cover for a predetermined agenda that ignores the lessons of the past” and will issue a final report that “will only widen the divisions in our nation.”

Trump formed the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice late last October, announcing its formation at the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s annual meeting. Trump’s order mandated that the commission issue a report within one year ― a deadline that falls just days ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

The commission is stacked with members of law enforcement, and the American Civil Liberties Union has questioned whether it is a “sham commission formed only for the purposes of advancing a ‘Thin Blue Line’ law and order agenda.”

John Choi, the elected prosecutor in Ramsey County, Minnesota, served as a member of the commission’s criminal justice system personnel intersection working group. But Choi, whose county includes the city of St. Paul, wrote in a letter to Barr that he was quitting his role on one of the commission’s 17 working groups because he worries the final report “will vilify local prosecutors who exercise their well settled prosecutorial discretion consistent with their community’s values and the interests of justice.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-law-enforcement-commission-barr-john-choi_n_5f5b8afbc5b67602f6045616?fn

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And the hits just keep on coming...

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Gee, who'd have guessed? /nt

[C_U_L8R]

2. Seems everyone is scrambling for the exits.

Seems they don't want to be associated with Trump's failures and criminality. They need to spill the beans.

[progressive nobody]

3. I pray this get TV coverage Joy! Rachel! Lawrence! Chris!

[ArizonaLib]

12. Erin Burnett on CNN led her A block with this about 52 minutes after your post

I hope it gets lots of coverage. I hope Rachel goes deep with it - she is my favorite for such things.

[Blue Owl]

4. K&R

[bucolic_frolic]

5. The commission is rigged, crooked, unfair, with real cheaters.

Isn't that what Trump would say about anything that goes against him?

[BamaRefugee]

6. Honest question, is this bravery or *cut and run*? There's no sense of duty to fight back?

I really don't know.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

14. I was thinking similarly.

If only these people who quit out of principle would band together and fight.

Leave and the scumbags take it as license to really go berserk.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. And these people on the commission had better be very careful and cautious about any ...

outlandish actions, after all, come Nov. 2020, a whole new administration will soon come into the picture and the corrupt administration that is there now will be shown the door and those that have committed crimes etc. will be sought after, charged, and guilt determined by judge or jury. There will be consequences as there should be.

[yaesu]

8. There is nothing, zilch, nada Dems can do to keep criminals like Barr under control let alone

booting his ass, lets face it, I was saying 2/3rds of the gov is under fascist control but since the House has zero power I am now convinced the USA is 100% federally under fascist control with a 3rd of states still considered a Democracy.

[dalton99a]

9. Kick

[BootinUp]

10. Good call I'm sure. Nt

[FakeNoose]

11. Thank you Mr. Choi! Your integrity and candor are refreshing

[malaise]

13. K & R n/t

[ck4829]

15. Kick