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TeamProg

(6,244 posts) Mon Dec 19, 2022, 03:18 PM Dec 2022

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Trump, Eastman and others are now referred to the DOJ for CRIMES vs. U.S.A.

Almost donw!

Come on Jack Smith !!

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Trump, Eastman and others are now referred to the DOJ for CRIMES vs. U.S.A. (Original Post) TeamProg Dec 2022 OP

Others leftieNanner Dec 2022 #1

Congresspersons? dchill Dec 2022 #5

Likely Meadows, Biggs, Jordon, Perry.. and then? nt TeamProg Dec 2022 #6

If you follow the news you will know that it is out of Garland's hands and in Smith's. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #2

Ah yes, Jack Smith. I sand corrected. n/t TeamProg Dec 2022 #3

Eastman seems to have been the legal kingpin behind the operation bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #4

Does this force the DOJ to act within a specific timeframe? MichMan Dec 2022 #7

For a standard DOJ case? Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #9

Kick and rec all Trump criminal referral threads. Kingofalldems Dec 2022 #8

leftieNanner

(15,154 posts)

1. Others

Reply to TeamProg (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 03:19 PM

Dec 2022

Wish they had named them.

dchill

(38,538 posts)

5. Congresspersons?

Reply to leftieNanner (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 03:23 PM

Dec 2022

Hopefully.

TeamProg

(6,244 posts)

6. Likely Meadows, Biggs, Jordon, Perry.. and then? nt

Reply to leftieNanner (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 03:25 PM

Dec 2022

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,043 posts)

2. If you follow the news you will know that it is out of Garland's hands and in Smith's. . . nt

Reply to TeamProg (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 03:19 PM

Dec 2022

TeamProg

(6,244 posts)

3. Ah yes, Jack Smith. I sand corrected. n/t

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 03:22 PM

Dec 2022

bucolic_frolic

(43,295 posts)

4. Eastman seems to have been the legal kingpin behind the operation

Reply to TeamProg (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 03:23 PM

Dec 2022

MichMan

(11,973 posts)

7. Does this force the DOJ to act within a specific timeframe?

Reply to TeamProg (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 03:54 PM

Dec 2022

Genki Hikari

(1,766 posts)

9. For a standard DOJ case?

Reply to MichMan (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 10:46 PM

Dec 2022

Nope. They can keep cases open as long as they can justify it with evidence of progress pursuing a case.

If it goes to the Special Prosecutor, then they have the amount of time he's given to handle it. He can get extensions, though, if he can justify them to whoever is overarching authority.

Kingofalldems

(38,485 posts)

8. Kick and rec all Trump criminal referral threads.

Reply to TeamProg (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 04:10 PM

Dec 2022

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