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spaceghoti@lemmy.one to Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

U.S. v. Trump Is the Most Important Criminal Prosecution in American History

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U.S. v. Trump Is the Most Important Criminal Prosecution in American History

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spaceghoti@lemmy.one to Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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Despite the risks, the Justice Department’s case against Donald Trump is necessary and just.
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    This article from The Nation lays out the problem with why it took so long.

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      Can someone tldr?

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        Merrick Garland dragged his feet, more concerned with accusations of partisanship than the public good. FTA:

        From the outset of his tenure atop the Justice Department, Attorney General Merrick Garland evinced little interest in mounting any such investigation, fearing that the GOP’s permanently aggrieved MAGA base would view it as a weaponized, partisan effort to hound Trump into political irrelevance.

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