Pirate's Cove

Nothing says this is all about using the weight of the federal government to go after political opponents as finding whatever means to prosecute for any reason? The Washington Post finds no blame in this. Can you imagine if Trump had done this? What would the article look like? What about when people like Putin do the same thing as Biden, though, Putin often has them killed

Washington Post: Justice Department to pursue Trump prosecutions past the election, even if he wins

Justice Department officials will continue to pursue the federal criminal cases against Donald Trump past Election Day, even if he wins, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

The plan is due to a view that DOJ rules against charging or prosecuting a sitting president would not kick in until Inauguration Day in January, people familiar with the discussions told The Post.

The Washington Post’s reporting comes a day after the Supreme Court ruled that Trump may claim immunity from criminal prosecution for some of the actions he took at the end of his presidency.

The court’s decision is likely to further delay a trial on the federal election subversion charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith, leaving Trump poised to avoid pre-election trials in the most significant criminal prosecutions he faces after being found guilty in his hush money trial in May. (His sentencing in that trial has been postponed until September in the wake of the court’s ruling.)

Officials who were not part of the special counsel’s deliberations told CNN they believed the long-standing DOJ policy against criminally charging a sitting president does not extend to a president-elect.

Since the Washington Post really doesn’t seem to have a problem with abusing the legal justice system to go after Trump, will they stay quiet if the DOJ under Trump goes after Biden and the people around him? If Republican state prosecutors go hard after Biden and the people around him?

Of course, Garland will only have to January 20th to continue, since Trump will boot him out hard the minute he takes the oath of office. People like Jack Smith can be fired or, better, re-assigned to a low level office. If Trump is smart, he’d be mentioning out on the campaign trail that he plans to re-introduce the notion of a neutral DOJ/FBI that has no politics, is not driven by the people in office, that serves all. That all agendas other than The Law will be driven from the Executive Branch. That it’s meant to serve the People, not run their lives and go after them for Wrongthink. He has a big and easy opportunity. But, knowing Trump, he won’t.