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Special counsel Jack Smith dropped 44 federal charges against Donald Trump, citing DOJ policy that sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted.

The charges, including election interference and classified documents retention, could be refiled after Trump’s presidency.

Critics, including Rep. Dan Goldman and former Capitol officer Aquilino Gonell, decried the move as a miscarriage of justice, asserting it places Trump above the law.

Trump and allies celebrated the decision as a victory, with Vice President-elect JD Vance vowing to prevent similar prosecutions.

Democrats fear Trump will seek political retaliation, deepening national divisions.

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[–] UsernameHere@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Trump was successful at delaying almost all of his trials at no fault to the DOJ. I repeat:

At Trump’s request, judge delays immunity filing in Jan. 6 prosecution

Your blaming of the DOJ is disingenuous.

[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I never said I blamed them, you're just painting a weird conspiracy theory where the DOJ are the heroes/victims but "the rest of the goberment is controlled by RuSsIA AnD rEpuBliCans!!!" It's been apparent for everyone, the rich gets a different justice system. The system has been defunct for a long time and was on full display for the last election. This is easy lay-up policy and legislation, make politicians responsible and accountable while defending democracy. You get crickets from any incumbent, everyone is very comfortable with how the system currently works (if you're a politician).

edit: forgot to comment on the link,

Trump’s attorneys had asked to have until Nov. 21, instead of Nov. 7, to file an up-to-180-page brief arguing why Trump’s efforts to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory

They asked for a 2 week extension, whether it's bullshit or not that's a pretty typical standard request from a legal team. It was more erroneous to imagine the actual court date going through when it was expected.

[–] UsernameHere@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trust the DOJ to do their job when they just dropped their charges lol, ok.

You imply the DOJ can’t be trusted to do their job because they dropped the charges. How is that not blaming the DOJ?

It’s no conspiracy theory that Russia has bot farms that push their narratives to change public opinion. Hell we have communities here on lemmy that have earned a reputation for doing that from all onlookers.

[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 weeks ago

... You can trust something isn't going to get done, but the blame can be laid elsewhere... ya know? Can be a scapegoat or legitimate (probably bit of both in this instance). Like I trust the DOJ to not be proper or efficient when going after those bad actors that are continuously making the world worse (climate, greed, polarization) but I lay blame on different parts of a shitty system. You blame foreign intelligence and inside actors (there's a Venn diagram somewhere where we start to overlap).