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Summary

With Donald Trump’s re-election, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing to suspend federal criminal cases against him, as longstanding policy bars prosecuting a sitting president.

Special counsel Jack Smith, who previously pressed forward on charges related to January 6 and classified documents, must now consider unwinding these cases.

The DOJ’s stance follows a 2000 memo suggesting impeachment, not prosecution, as the proper recourse for a sitting president.

Trump’s legal team is also strategizing to dismiss or delay other cases, viewing his victory as a mandate to end “weaponization” of the justice system.

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 4 points 28 minutes ago

Fuck no. Not acceptable

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

Just take a moment to marvel at the naked fiction that is law and order in this country. This is the entrenched oligarchy leaping into action, if full public view, to preserve their insulation from the very laws they use to rule you. The grotesque irony here, of course, is that this is the very “swamp” that maga dupes blab on and on about. Their lord and savior thinks so little of his moronic minions that he has no shame in flaunting his very own participation in that swamp right in front of them. Never pretend that we live in a rules-based society, nor doubt that the vast majority of Americans are among the dumbest motherfuckers to ever grace this earth. Sure assholes, take another swig of that milky self aggrievement from that feudal teet. I could not have more contempt for the reality of this fucked up, corrupt, hypocritical, and thoroughly evil nation.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 minutes ago

I have a longstanding policy that says trump can choke on an 7 layet ecoli burrito.

I also have a longstanding policy that laws don't apply to me.

Fuck trump.

Hail Eris.

Praise Bob.

Eat the rich.

Feed the poor.

Fuck shit up.

[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

Merrick Garland is a flaccid penis.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

Fuck that. Crank that shit into high gear. Put him in jail and tell Vance "If you let him rot in there, you get to be president".

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 20 points 3 hours ago

Before? Make him order it.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 17 points 3 hours ago

The DOJ is compromised.

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 67 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 15 points 3 hours ago

"Trump’s legal team is also strategizing to dismiss or delay other cases, viewing his victory as a mandate to end “weaponization” of the justice system."

This is the part that pisses me off so fucking much. It's EXACTLY what they plan on doing and with a complete disregard for the actual law and rubber stamp judges they're going to fast track prosecution where it took years to move anything related to Trump...

I expect to see multiple arrests within the first two years as opposed to 4+ years of feet dragging for Trump...

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 26 points 3 hours ago

"Longstanding policy" = what we did the last time this fucker was elected. There is no precedent for this, and the entire judicial branch shrugged and said "What are you going to do?".

[–] nxn@biglemmowski.win 36 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

This is what irritates me the most. I can live with Trump being president despite how much I disagree with the idiot's concepts. But this places him, as a very orange person, above the law that others have to abide by.

These are cases that were filed before his "president" status from the result of this election and before he even became a candidate in this election. For fuck sake, this should have stopped the whole ball from rolling.