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Polybius

(18,108 posts)
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:45 PM Nov 6

DOJ moving to wind down Trump criminal cases before he takes office

Source: NBC News

Justice Department officials have been evaluating how to wind down the two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office to comply with long-standing department policy that a sitting president can’t be prosecuted, two people familiar with the matter tell NBC News.

The latest discussions stand in contrast with the pre-election legal posture of special counsel Jack Smith, who in recent weeks took significant steps in the election interference case against Trump without regard to the electoral calendar.

But the sources say DOJ officials have come to grips with the fact that no trial is possible anytime soon in either the Jan. 6 case or the classified documents matter — both of which are mired in legal issues that would likely prompt an appeal all the way to the Supreme Court, even if Trump had lost the election.

Now that Trump will become president again, DOJ officials see no room to pursue either criminal case against him — and no point in continuing to litigate them in the weeks before he takes office, the people said.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/doj-moving-wind-trump-criminal-cases-takes-office-rcna178930

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TheBadWolf

(38 posts)
1. Just in case in needed to be said one more time..
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:48 PM
Nov 6

Merrick Garland is and was as useless as tits on a bull. Sitting on your thumbs like a goddamned coward because a wingnut might throw a fit is the polar opposite of justice.

Wuddles440

(1,419 posts)
11. And so many on this site...
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 03:40 PM
Nov 6

defended and praised his approach. His reluctant to aggressively prosecuted the insurrectionist leadership is why we never escaped the nightmare of the Orangeman and subsequently brought us to this apocalyptic point in history.

Arkansas Granny

(31,855 posts)
5. How does his re-election affect the sentencing hearing later this month and
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:51 PM
Nov 6

the election interference charges in Georgia? Does that all go away as well?

FBaggins

(27,764 posts)
12. It removes any real chance of a prison sentence
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 06:20 PM
Nov 6

There was very little chance of one anyway - but now that he's been elected it would be unlikely to stick (there would be an instant appeal and that case would go on for years)

The election fraud case will likely be dismissed - probably at Jack Smith's request.

The classified documents case would get the same treatment, but it was already dismissed. Now the appeal will be dropped and the 11th circuit will never ave to weigh in on Cannon's ruling.

That leaves Georgia - Which at best must be paused until he's no longer in office.

On edit - Oh... and there probably isn't an impact on the business record case in NY that is at the state appeals court. But that was looking like a significant reduction in the penalty - if they let the ruling stand at all.

Colgate 64

(14,840 posts)
10. Well, thanks to the bought and paid for
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 03:33 PM
Nov 6

Supremes, he doesn't have to worry since he can't be criminally charged for anything he does while in office.

FirstLight

(14,270 posts)
8. welp, there we go...
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:58 PM
Nov 6

FUCK all of them...

polotics isnt a fucking game, it's our LIVES at stake.

But I see how it is now, fend for ourselves...so much for our little "experiment" in democracy. we had a good run I guess...

Is Canada taking refugees? ... Anyone...?

CBHagman

(17,149 posts)
13. But Donald Trump will still be a felon, a fraudster, a rapist.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 08:18 PM
Nov 6

I suspect many Americans are simply unfamiliar with all the cases, but the truth is that Donald Trump didn't get away with everything, and he will be those things in perpetuity.

totodeinhere

(13,337 posts)
16. Will it really matter if he is a convicted felon?
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 04:27 PM
Nov 7

He will still be the most powerful man on earth and will have free reign to do whatever he wants.

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