One American's Perspective: Justice Should Not be Delayed

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2023/06/one-americans-perspective-justice.html

And no one, not even a former President running another campaign for the White House, is above the law.

The "foot soldiers" of the insurrection have been brought to justice fairly quickly. The leaders of the extremist, terrorist groups that followed the plan for attacking the Capitol are facing prison sentences that, for the most part, send the message that the American people will not tolerate insurrection against its government or the Constitution. I hope that the sentences given to the hundreds of individuals who participated in the violence and destruction, either out of complete ignorance of how democratic government works, or because they were too selfish to care about the rights of others, sent the right message. Most of those people have also suffered consequences beyond the prison time they are serving.

But as time has passed, the questions have mounted over why it was taking the Department of Justice so long to gather evidence and build a case against the core of the conspiracy itself, including the former President of the United States. We've been told, "Cases like this take a long time to prosecute," and "Because of the difficulty in finding a jury that will be fair, the case has to be ironclad and the evidence has to be solid and irrefutable." And perhaps the most vocal defense of the delay in prosecution has been that the Department "Doesn't want this to appear 'politically motivated.'"

That didn't really make much sense to me. Congress had already investigated, and laid out some pretty damning evidence. We had months of televised hearings. It was clear that the message being sent was convincing Americans, or at least, a majority of informed Americans with the intelligence, educational background and commitment and dedication to this country, that a serious attempt had been made to overthrow the government, and steps needed to be taken to bring those involved to justice as a means of guaranteeing this never happens again.

[republianmushroom]

1. true

29 months and counting

[lees1975]

2. I know Democrats are always ready to give the benefit of the doubt.

But Congress did the work on this already and they handed everything they had over to the Justice department. We should have already had indictments and we don't. And the message that sends is that justice doesn't treat all Americans equally.

And which would you rather have, an investigation, indictments and convictions that appear "political" because they were expedient, or a Trump dictatorship? Because frankly, that's the choice. Democrats have to get it in their head that they can't rely on the "business as usual" aspect of politics anymore. The Republicans are not gentlemen who play by the rules of give and take, or care about the institutions of government. If we want to preserve the democracy, then we need people who understand the urgency, not old line politicians who think that it will all work out in the end and every now and then we have to put up with the other side.

And the way this has been handled, by their own admission, shows that there are Americans who are above the law and are able to delay or alter justice that's coming their way.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

[lees1975]

3. And there is confirmation in addition to the MSNBC and Washington Post reports

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doj-dragged-feet-over-including-trump-in-jan-6-probe-over-fears-of-appearing-biased-report-says/ar-AA1cMTjD

There is a lot of public pressure on the FBI and DOJ now. But really, rather than trying to find answers to explain why something so important, and so timely, was slowed down when the urgency was obvious, why not just expidite this now to indictments with the mountain of evidence that has been gathered. These trials must be done and convictions secured well in advance of the 2024 election, or everything, including the rule of law and democracy, is at huge risk.