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In reply to the discussion: Emptywheel: While TV lawyers wailed, DOJ obtained communications from Rudy, Powell, Meadows [View all]jaxexpat
(6,818 posts)81. America's ills are always and only fixed by.....
Free, fair and accurate elections which reflect the contemporary will of the majority of voters.
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Emptywheel: While TV lawyers wailed, DOJ obtained communications from Rudy, Powell, Meadows [View all]
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2022
OP
The subpoena charge is a misdemeanor. Better to wait and give him both barrels.
Ocelot II
Feb 2022
#18
Vs. the judge agreeing with the defense it was just one instance or a minor offense.
LiberalFighter
Feb 2022
#52
No, but there are issues around discovery and pleas. Case-builders don't want to tip their hands or
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2022
#34
If our bench is so light that it cannot perform two necessary functions at once........
jaxexpat
Feb 2022
#46
The Jan 6th Committee perhaps, but not the DOJ while Biden is still POTUS.
ProudMNDemocrat
Feb 2022
#9
Building an airtight case takes witnesses and interviews, who has DOJ interviewed?
dem4decades
Feb 2022
#11
All leaks don't come from DOJ, in fact none probably do. Defendants leak, their lawyers leak, court
dem4decades
Feb 2022
#27
They wouldn't, but those who were being questioned would fight it in court or leak it themselves.
dem4decades
Feb 2022
#25
We didn't even know that Trump's attorneys had met with Fulton DA for over a month afterwards. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2022
#49
I'm not defending him. Just saying she has it in for him - she goes after him on Twitter while
50 Shades Of Blue
Feb 2022
#29
Strawman, they didn't need all this shit before announcing against Marilyn Mosby ...
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#40
That statement refers to Meadows' documents, which he is in the process of recovering
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2022
#50
Its not just Meadows and I don't think anyone is convinced that these people haven't destroyed shit
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#56
It's not the DOJ's job to "fully scream to the hilt", it's their job to investigate and prosecute
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2022
#57
This is false on its face, if there's something wrong in America and the DOJ knows about it and the
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#59
The DOJ "speaks" through indictments and prosecutions, not political grandstanding.
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2022
#63
DOJ can indict, prosecute and speak out against wrong LOUDLY and OFTEN as they've done in the
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#64
Feel free to list past examples where DOJ "screamed to the hilt" during an ongoing investigation. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2022
#65
Don't know of any where they screamed to the hilt during on going investigations but there are
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#66
So, you admit DOJ "screaming to the hilt" on January 6 is inappropriate
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2022
#72
Don't know what you mean by "on Jan 6" but I do agree that the DOJ screaming J6 was wrong ...
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#76
I don't think they should "scream" about cases at all even though they do sometimes.
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#84
If the article is true? It's based on publicly available court records and statements
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2022
#83
That qualifier is in reference to Meadows' documents, which are in the process of being turned over
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2022
#73
If Meadows doesn't go to jail, it will only be because he has flipped and cooperated with DOJ
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2022
#86