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DOJ to Drop Lawfare Cases?
Jack Smith is reportedly in discussions with the DOJ to drop the two federal lawfare cases against Trump. Less than 24 hours after Trump won, the cases are going away. What a coincidence! Could it be that they are no longer necessary, that they failed to serve their purpose, so there is no need to waste any more time on them?
Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 nomination on November 15, 2022. Smith was appointed as special counsel on November 18, 2022. Three days later. What a coincidence!
The DOJ’s excuse for dropping the cases is that they have a policy against prosecuting a sitting president. But they ignored their policy against prosecuting a major party candidate within 60 days of an election. Why not ignore this policy?
Moreover, Trump has not been elected yet. The electors must be appointed by the states by December 11, and they gather to cast their votes on December 17. So technically Trump has not been elected yet. And he’s not the sitting president until January 20. There are over two months to push the cases against him.
The cases had been so terribly important and urgent until today, when suddenly they matter not a whit. HA HA HA!
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They accomplished OUR purpose, and now they regret it.
It’s a beautiful thing.
I love that thought. Could it be that Trump owes his election to Jack Smith, at least in part? Maybe Jack Smith deserves a special mention at the inauguration.
At least in part. As well as Nancy Pelosi, Liz Cheney, Fani Willis, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, Judges Merchan and Engoron, and on and on.
Never underestimate democrat privilege, stubbornness and disgust with the Constitution …
https://www.newsweek.com/letitia-james-response-donald-trump-2024-election-1981725
Nancy sure stepped in it by engineering the departure of Biden at such a late date and without agreeing beforehand with the Clintons and the Obamas about his replacement.
What a pathetic group the DOJ is. I can’t wait until Trump clears them out.
Let’s assume Pelosi would’ve wanted her pet Newsom to step in. That might not have aligned with the Obamas’ plans, so she cut them out of the choice. Then she was also unable to negotiate Joe into backing Damien for some reason. Can’t think why he’d be uncooperative, but there you are.
Then Joe, being FJB, decided to stick his finger in everyone’s eye and promote The Giggling Cokehead instead. One must wonder if Clyburn helped here, but Jomentum solidified her position before the real revolutionaries had a chance to act.
The only thing wrong with this theory is the part where FJB took swift and effective action.
Just like he owed his 2016 election to Comey and his scrupulousness about whether to prosecute Hilary.
Well that shoots down the thought that FJB might pardon Trump, Hunter and family on the same day. Thought that would be a smart PR move by old Joe.
I understand the NY convictions have a dismissal hearing on 11/12 and if not dismissed followed by sentencing on 11/28. A prison sentence would certainly be a distraction for the transition team.
The appeals hadn’t even begun yet.
You think Slow Joe picked her? I doubt anyone even asked him.
Maybe Barry picked her. Maybe she was a compromise.
Joe endorsed her just after he withdrew. BO took a long time to endorse her.
This lawfare had been the most frustrating, astonishing part of the Left opposing Trump. I used to think there was something that would hold the Democrats back from using all weapons to win, that there was some civility and good will left in their approach to politics. But using the legal system, going beyond politics, to win a political argument, shows their complete lack of principle.
Remember the “Norms” that FJB was supposed to uphold – good times
The NY judges better look at the Trump gains in NY before they do something stupid.
This is blow to Jaime Raskin who wanted Smith to continue to manufacture a claim that objecting to the 2020 election was insurrection. The Dems did not take the House but if they had this could have been a real circus.
I wonder if Judge Chutkan will pull a Judge Sullivan and refuse to let them drop the case.
Liberals will no doubt whine that this was a totally fair prosecution against Orange Hitler and that once again, the left is just to darn nice to continue to go after him.
Would they have dropped it if Trump lost or would they have persisted in pursuit of his personal destruction?
I used to think that, too, until 1987.
Right. Joe sent one message leaving the race, then a few hours later another one endorsing the Giggly Poison Pill. That few hours of inaction by Pelosi gave FJB’s decrepit neurons just time enough to do mischief and break things.
Joe is senile but the fundamental things are the last to go, and FJB is first and foremost an arsehole. That is the key principle that explains everything he has ever done. I think the selection of Kamala was ultimately the product of two aging lefty minds that can’t quite keep up any longer.
Oh goodness, there are principles involved! They would have persisted, no doubt!
They are vindictive folks. If given the chance, they would pursue fake charges until they destroyed him and his wealth.
Let’s not forget that apparently Jack Smith was illegally appointed by Garland. This was a point I was completely unaware of in the reporting until the Judge ruled against this case. Something about the legal process. Evidently Garland and Smith have a warm personal relationship. Re-filing the minimally edited charges in DC and getting a partisan Judge to allow the public release of the microwaved reheat of the documents was a last ditch effort to salvage this particular Trump prosecution project.
I think there’s an element of self preservation here. If Jack Smith and company fold up the tents on this now it might be likely forgotten by the time Trump is sworn in (assuming that still occurs, probable but who knows with all the craziness). My personal belief is that there should be accountability for the dreadful behavior of Smith, Garland, and others who abused the legal system.
Possibly a change of tactics coming. Shift from full frontal assault to something more subtle or sniping.
PS: that NYC Judge still has to rule I think on the Bragg case which the DOJ appears to have coordinated on.
More than just a process issue. I forget what the exact qualification was, but basically Garland can’t just appoint any old lawyer.
This is rumor, but I’ve heard more than once that Jack is vulnerable due to some shady dealings while he was working for the DoJ in eastern Europe. Which might be part of why he got the (unauthorized) special prosecutor job.
And if someone has him on a leash (when you think about it, of course someone does) then dropping his cases now wasn’t his decision, it was Garland’s. That is the guy to watch until Jan. 21.
No it is not an insignificant process issue. Though technically it is a “process” issue in that there are processes built into the United States Constitution to reduce the likelihood of citizens getting persecuted by rogue agents of the government.
Criminal prosecutors with the power to bring criminal charges in court have the power to ruin people’s lives. A prosecutor with the power to ruin a person’s life with federal criminal charges must either 1) be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate (so the Senate has the opportunity to vet that prosecutor), or 2) be appointed in accordance with a specific law passed by Congress (again, so Congress knows what’s going on, and presumably limits the authority of any prosecutor appointed under that law). The regular United States Attorneys are handled under option 1). But they are geographically limited in the scope of their power and authority. Congress knows who to blame and hold accountable if something goes wrong in the area for which the Senate confirmed a United States Attorney. Ken Starr was appointed under option 2). Congress presumably understood what it was setting up (even if subsequent events indicated that maybe they didn’t).
Jack Smith was appointed with no authority under either option. United States Attorney General Merrick Garland gave him essentially unlimited nationwide authority to pursue anything he wanted, and presumably to ruin any citizen’s life.
The “process” of requiring Senate confirmation or a specific law for an individual to have power to criminally charge a person with a violation of federal law protects American citizens from random and arbitrary legal harassment by a federal official. So I suppose it could be called a “process” issue, but it’s not an insignificant process issue.
Even if the cases are dropped now, Garland, Smith, Bragg, James, Willis, and others still need to be prosecuted by the new DOJ next year.
They will drop it but claim Trump was guilty and they are the nice folks to drop it. Trump needs his good name cleared. If I were Trump, I would demand to know why my boxes weren’t already on their way back to MAL.
Smith acted as a special prosecutor without proper authentication and spent government money in the process. That is fraud. This is (or should be) a criminal case.
For him AND for Garland.