DOJ says policy about not taking actions close to elections DOES NOT apply post-indictments [View all]

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Garrett Haake @GarrettHaake
My colleague @KenDilanianNBC reports big news from documents scheduling hearing today is that DOJ says policy about not taking actions close to elections DOES NOT apply post-indictments (so, trials). That means federal Trump trials could be ongoing during fall campaign/voting

Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance
Read the policy for yourself-it doesn't apply after a case is indicted, when the judge, not DOJ, is in charge of the schedule. Trump's lawyers got it dead wrong. I explain about midway down here: https://joycevance.substack.com/p/were-going-to-need-more-coffee

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1 3m
Big: During proceedings in the classified docs case, DOJ lawyer Jay Bratt said the Department's '60-day rule' on taking actions before an election does NOT apply to cases that have already been indicted and are being litigated.

Meaning the '60-day rule' isn't applicable.