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Jacob's avatar

Thing is, DOJ doesn't need a criminal referral to act. They can act independently of the commission. Hence, I think, the decision not to do criminal referrals - makes the commission less explicitly a criminal prosecution, just laying out the predicates for a criminal prosecution. If DOJ doesn't do anything after that, that's on Merrick Garland.

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Liberal Cynic's avatar

If the DOJ isn't already pursuing this that's on Merrick Garland's head. It's getting to be too late to just start up a criminal investigation into Trump.

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JF's avatar

November elections will decide the question of whether or not investigations will continue.

On some forum I read a comment about the exhaustion of every election being тАШthe most important of our livesтАЩ. Man, do I feel that!

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Liberal Cynic's avatar

Same.

Except now that might actually be true.

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Terry Hilldale's avatar

2016 was the first election I felt was the most important of our lives. Voters did not come through n the numbers needed. So subsequent elections have and will continue to be the most important in our lives until Trumpism is thoroughly eradicated.

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MoosesMom's avatar

Agreed and agreed, but would add that it also was true in 2020. If trump and trumpism had faded away - maybe. But it didn't - it metastasized and is even worse now because 90+% of an entire party has hopped upon the crazy train. Even if they think trump is mentally deficient, morally lacking, unfit for office, corrupt, and a danger to our country, they all say they would vote for him again if he was the Repubican nominee....

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