• NABDad@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Failing to prosecute a known criminal out of a fear of appearing nakedly partisan/political is, as it turns out, as bad as corrupting the justice dept to make it nakedly partisan/political.

    Biden should have had an AG who went after criminals regardless of the political consequences.

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      11 days ago

      If trump went to jail, it would mean every alive presidents could be persecuted including Biden do it will never happen

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      11 days ago

      Firing the AG for not prosecuting the cases you want prosecuted, IS nakedly political.

      The DOJ’s independence is one of the strongest guardrails protecting American democracy and why so many decent people have resigned rather than submit.

      Look at trials in Russia (about which there are some amazing albeit depressing documentaries) to see where a coopted justice department ends up.

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        10 days ago

        Well, your so called guardrails were never anything more than a gentleman’s agreement, that much is plainly obvious.

        The simple fact is Garland’s DoJ completely failed to provide timely justice for the citizens of the USA. Full fucking stop.

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          10 days ago

          Those same guardrails have repeatedly stopped trump this term.

          Just because things didn’t happen as you wish they did does not mean they failed, full fucking stop.

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            10 days ago

            Incorrect. The Judicial branch has stopped Trump repeatedly. Furthermore, I was talking about the DoJ’s failure regarding the whole speedy trail thing we are supposed to have in this country. You can stop putting words in my mouth. We don’t need your strawman arguments here.

            FYI, the Executive Branch & Judicial branch are separate.

            The current DoJ has attempted every single illegal thing Trump has requested.

            Please learn how the separation of powers works in the USA.

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              10 days ago

              Did you mean to respond to someone else? What words were put in your mouth?

              And you might note the thousands who have resigned from the DOJ, leaving mostly incompetent goofs behind who cannot secure convictions. (Because, yup, they respected the DoJ’s independence. In other words, one of those guardrails working.)

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                10 days ago

                What a silly thing to say.

                Lawyers quitting aren’t a guard rail at all. Lawyers quit because the guardrails aren’t working.

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                  10 days ago

                  Lol.

                  Yes, losing half your workforce, mostly the best and brightest, is no impediment at all…

                  What a silly Billy.