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Silent3

(15,178 posts)
54. The DoJ doesn't have the ability to keep everything as secret as they'd like
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 11:04 AM
Feb 2022

I don't expect press conferences or tweets. Once investigations proceed as far as interviewing witnesses and sources, the investigation gets out.

If there is anything going on at all, then the pace of the DoJ is so damned slow that it's glacial if these public clues haven't emerged after more than a year. What would they have been doing for more than a year? Nothing but studying documents and case law?

It's not as if time isn't an important factor here either. Democracy is in peril. The DoJ may prefer not to act in a political manner, but inaction or slow action that favors Republicans over Democrats is also political in effect. If Republicans further entrench their power in the November elections accountability for Trump and his minions slides ever further out of reach, no matter how wonderfully beautiful a case the DoJ might hypothetically be assembling while time keeps slipping away.

you are so right. He's openly admitted it. samsingh Feb 2022 #1
You don't know that they aren't doing their job. You're just impatient he's not arrested RIGHT NOW! Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #2
Why does it not bother you that a traitor is going unpunished? hamsterjill Feb 2022 #78
We agree on the desired outcome, just not the progress towards that outcome. Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #82
Marcy Wheeler hamsterjill Feb 2022 #90
How about the facts she reports? She reports verifiable details no one else covers Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #92
Why is it that no one else covers it then? hamsterjill Feb 2022 #96
I post emptywheel links that are of interest to me Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #97
The wheels of justice appear to grind very slowly for rich, white, powerful men. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #3
Yep, justice is not swift or blind in the case of Putin's Whore uponit7771 Feb 2022 #13
In fact some might say justice is nonexistent for him. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #25
They always grind slowly treestar Feb 2022 #69
Unless you are a black male. Then the cops shoot you on the spot. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #75
Not always treestar Feb 2022 #80
I don't know why but I think he his gonna get nailed on his business practice more than mitch96 Feb 2022 #4
Absolutely. I think one reason is those in power, as much as they may despise FORMER President artemisia1 Feb 2022 #51
Lol full stop indeed. I think the DOJ might have some folks working on this (Nt) FreepFryer Feb 2022 #5
Evidence of what? maxsolomon Feb 2022 #6
How about sedition. All the normalizing taints the seriousness imo Iwasthere Feb 2022 #8
I agree that what he did was Sedition, and he incited the riot maxsolomon Feb 2022 #10
He admitted on video to firing Comey for investigating him, that's enough alone to charge him uponit7771 Feb 2022 #18
+1 TFG knows better than to explicitly instruct anything treestar Feb 2022 #71
Yep, and Michael Cohen characterized him exactly the same way, as a mob boss. Jedi Guy Feb 2022 #88
He literally said on video he fired Comey because he was investigating him, that's STRAIGHT OOJ ... uponit7771 Feb 2022 #12
As President he had the right to fire Comey, didn't he? maxsolomon Feb 2022 #15
Please don't gas light, its rude. He can fire who he needs to but not for illegal reasons like ... uponit7771 Feb 2022 #19
I'm not fucking gaslighting you. maxsolomon Feb 2022 #27
I have no idea what an "LIV" is either. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #58
Low information voter. MrsCoffee Feb 2022 #95
Inciting a riot is against federal law. Emile Feb 2022 #20
+1, and the incitement anyone would be charged with was him telling the crowd to go to the capital uponit7771 Feb 2022 #22
"I meant go there and protest loudly but peacefully". maxsolomon Feb 2022 #26
What constitutes "incitement" under that law? treestar Feb 2022 #72
First case to come up on google scholar is interesting treestar Feb 2022 #74
He gave direct orders on Jan 6th. It's on tape. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #30
"go to the capitol and fight like hell" maxsolomon Feb 2022 #31
and let's not forget the emolument clause violations during his term. Emile Feb 2022 #32
He charged the Secret Service thousands and thousands of dollars Emile Feb 2022 #33
He can argue that, but without his virulent Senate supporters, it will be met with cold silence. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #34
I went ahead and pulled up the whole speech Elliot Waves Feb 2022 #89
What page is Emile Feb 2022 #93
Page 24; immediately before the cited text. Right near the end of the rant -er- speech. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #94
Having evidence is a pre-requisite, not a guarantee of indictment Beastly Boy Feb 2022 #7
yes demtenjeep Feb 2022 #9
At minimum there's enough to *CHARGE* Putin's Whore with a crime, that's not done either. uponit7771 Feb 2022 #11
DOJ is basically saying any future President can steal anything Emile Feb 2022 #14
Patience, Grasshopper Mr. Ected Feb 2022 #16
It's only "complicated" in the minds of those afraid of going after the powerful Silent3 Feb 2022 #46
This is bigger than Trump Generic Brad Feb 2022 #17
Thanks. Well said. Short and sweet. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #29
Yawn. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #21
Strawman, Putin's Whore could be charged with OOJ for firing Comey for investigating him ... uponit7771 Feb 2022 #23
You know perfectly well that this is not any ordinary case. It's POLITICAL, and as a result... NurseJackie Feb 2022 #28
"It's POLITICAL,..." At least you're honest enough to say what everyone who's pissed at the DOJ uponit7771 Feb 2022 #35
Of course I'm honest. Why are you acting so surprised? NurseJackie Feb 2022 #36
"Too bad. It is. Deal with it..." Nope, a more perfect union doesn't come if its just white males... uponit7771 Feb 2022 #37
Ridiculous. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #38
"WTF is that supposed to mean? Admitting? " Why do you sound so defensive man ?! I'm saying ... uponit7771 Feb 2022 #40
Anyone who'd not busy navel-gazing or... NurseJackie Feb 2022 #42
PS: ... NurseJackie Feb 2022 #39
K, no website ... I'm continuing to call Trump Putin's Whore uponit7771 Feb 2022 #41
Enjoy the privilege. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #43
Red Herring, "deal with it" doesn't sound like the DOJ we were promised uponit7771 Feb 2022 #44
... NurseJackie Feb 2022 #45
Too bad. nt BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #79
A lot of us are rightfully angry that "it's political" is an excuse Silent3 Feb 2022 #48
Lookit... do you want him convicted or not? NurseJackie Feb 2022 #49
The difference between not rushing and not doing anything isn't perceptible Silent3 Feb 2022 #52
Again... ridiculous. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #53
The DoJ doesn't have the ability to keep everything as secret as they'd like Silent3 Feb 2022 #54
Nobody has claimed otherwise, have they? NurseJackie Feb 2022 #55
I've never said a thing about any DoJ obligation to keep us apprised Silent3 Feb 2022 #56
Clearly that's the only solution to all the griping and tantrums that I'm observing. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #57
There's a well-known history that the DoJ can't keep investigations secret forever Silent3 Feb 2022 #59
Message read. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #60
Apparently having straw men and binary thinking pointed out makes you sleepy n/t Silent3 Feb 2022 #61
No. Watching adults have tantrums make me sleepy. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #62
So, you're not deny there's good reason to worry about the DoJ? Silent3 Feb 2022 #63
Yes, I'm not not denying that there's not not no good reason for this. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #64
The sentence was hardly grammatically challenging Silent3 Feb 2022 #65
It was hardly grammatically correct or clear. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #66
Please point out where I made a false accusation. Silent3 Feb 2022 #68
The insinuations of incompetence and corruption are unmistakable... NurseJackie Feb 2022 #76
Your insinuations are quite mistaken Silent3 Feb 2022 #77
Well, there ya go! NurseJackie Feb 2022 #81
Well, now that I know it's "as simple as that" Silent3 Feb 2022 #83
Thank you. Until the next time, I guess my work here is done! NurseJackie Feb 2022 #84
Apparently even Biden's Whitehouse staff is anti-Biden now. Silent3 Feb 2022 #86
I'll get right on it. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #87
So At What Point RobinA Feb 2022 #70
That's not for me to say. But what I can tell you is that it serves no good purpose... NurseJackie Feb 2022 #73
The lawless former guy makes me cringe! Emile Feb 2022 #24
Who is "normalizing"? brooklynite Feb 2022 #47
How about as, just a small example, over fifty days and counting for Mark Meadows... Silent3 Feb 2022 #50
Who are "we?" MineralMan Feb 2022 #67
But her...oh, never mind. nolabear Feb 2022 #85
Did you see Kurt Bardella on The ReidOut last night? AngryOldDem Feb 2022 #91
Now today we learned the documents handed over to the 1/6 committee have gaps like on 1/6. Emile Feb 2022 #98
.... JuJuChen Feb 2022 #99
K&r Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #100
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