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NBC News: Biden hopes to avoid divisive investigations of Trump, "just wants to move on" and prefers unity; Plans to not interfere with the DOJ
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This logic really worked out for Bush and the financial execs, making them old news really solved all our problems and did not cause any new ones at all whatsoever.
This is how the goons will stick around then once voting suppression helps Rs back, they'll be back to grifting and destroying the country.
Omg Biden. Please don't do this. There needs to be people like Barr investigated. Smfh.
Omg Biden. Please don't do this. There needs to be people like Barr investigated. Smfh.
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Nobody does. The title is all anybody will ever read on the internet. You might as well post an article with a catchy political title (like "Biden's win grinds progressive movement to a halt!") and a cooking recipe for a text, and the ruse would go undiscovered for days. Instead people will fight over the title and what they believe that text will say. Worthless.
Reading articles? Puh. 80 % of era doesn't even read the OT and just posts based on the title.
So he won't interfere with the DOJ and its work and States will be allowed to do their thing. Basically its not going to be his primary focus and won't be on his agenda. Seems like a nothing burger that will get a rise out of some people.
The Senate isn't going to confirm an AG that doesn't essentially pinky swear not to prosecute Trump or his goonies anyway.
Man confirmations are going to be a nightmare. Save us Stacey Abrams.
Biden is smart to rise above it and let the DOJ do the dirty work. We're so used to Trump directly attacking his enemies that we've become numb to it and accepted it as the norm. A President should be above the fray with a singular focus on improving the country. Leave the law to those who enforce it.
Now, if Biden pardons Trump or stops a DOJ investigation I will be pissed for the exact same reason.
Now, if Biden pardons Trump or stops a DOJ investigation I will be pissed for the exact same reason.
Libs said he wouldn't let Trump get away with this
I almost got baited by you again, but not this time no no no
I almost got baited by you again, but not this time no no no
Isn't this what Biden has been signaling all along? Honestly not sure what the surprise is here.
Frankly, I'd be stunned if Trump ever even faces any charges, much less actually gets locked up. A former US president is just not going to do any time. The rich and powerful do not operate based on the same laws as everyone else.
Frankly, I'd be stunned if Trump ever even faces any charges, much less actually gets locked up. A former US president is just not going to do any time. The rich and powerful do not operate based on the same laws as everyone else.
Trump, right-wing media, and misinformation are going to keep Trump's base energized and outraged regardless of what happens to Trump. I'd at least rather see his crimes fully exposed in a court so that he isn't free to continue spouting falsehoods and so that the legal system is on record of saying that the crimes were real and he was guilty of them.
Letting him go with no consequences is naive as hell. Biden will be blamed for using the "deep state" to attack Trump regardless of whether a single lawsuit is brought against him. This country needs to return to a point where actions have consequences.
Joe is replacing Barr tho correct? Joe shouldn't interfere with any DOJ business or pressure anyone outside of his scope. He isn't Trump and shouldn't behave like him. But someone (NYAG) needs to come after Trump and hard after he's out.
That is, once again, the Senate's job. The most Biden could do is try to bully pulpit what is likely a Republican Senate, which is honestly a waste of everyone's time.
Shouldn't Biden be telling his Justice Department to go after white nationalists? I don't think they will just do that on their own.
Exactly. Biden stepping back and letting others go after him is the right call.
I feel like some in this thread have a fundamental misunderstanding with how the DOJ is SUPPOSED to function. I guess in an era of Trump it's easy to forget that POTUS is not supposed to steer what investigations the DOJ does or does not do.
What Biden is saying here is boilerplate. A sitting president should not and has not, before Trump, went after his political rivals. However, if the DOJ sees fit then that's on them.
What Biden is saying here is boilerplate. A sitting president should not and has not, before Trump, went after his political rivals. However, if the DOJ sees fit then that's on them.
He's acting accordingly, DOJ is supposed to be independent and if they do their job no one should be worried that they won't prosecute crimes. The president should always be seen as focused on the immediate needs of the nation, this other stuff gets done by the career professionals in the background.
Well, the guy has committed numerous crimes.. sooooo.....
This is an important point, previous DOJ's have backed off of white nationalists investigations because they were afraid of political blowback. Biden will have to explicitly support these investigations in order to get them moving for anything but the most egregious conspiracies.
Dems have been sending that message to republicans since forever.
Democrats y'all...
A traitor and criminal was in office for four years and of course the Democrats are going to say forgive and forget and move on
A traitor and criminal was in office for four years and of course the Democrats are going to say forgive and forget and move on
Exactly. Biden's job now is to get the stink of Trump out of the White House and re-establish some basic fucking norms, namely, the DOJ isn't the president's personal fucking law firm. For Biden to say he wants to prosecute Trump and former officials, especially now when his cabinet has to be confirmed, is stupid. He'll let the next AG and DOJ do their jobs, and if they want to investigate, he won't stop them. Meanwhile this says nothing about various state charges that likely won't stop.
LOL of course. We been trying to tell you guys. Let the criminality of the Trump administration be unpunished because pursuing it would be hurt his bipartisan cred and be divisive? This is who Joe Biden is.
When that former president has a long history of con jobs and criminal activity.. if they are found guilty, in a court of law, then they should be behind bars.
NO ONE should be above the law. You want to prove that there is justice, then you do what you are supposed to do to criminals.. regardless of their former job.
He's been saying this for a while, and it's the correct thing - Let the DoJ and State AGs do their jobs, don't interfere one way or another.
The first step in purging the DoJ of the taint of Trump is to restore its independence and then reform it to prevent another Barr situation.
Edit: Still seeing a lot of people who are misinterpreting what Biden is saying he's going to do. HE'S NOT GOING TO PARDON TRUMP.
The first step in purging the DoJ of the taint of Trump is to restore its independence and then reform it to prevent another Barr situation.
Edit: Still seeing a lot of people who are misinterpreting what Biden is saying he's going to do. HE'S NOT GOING TO PARDON TRUMP.
Seems like you haven't read through the article or thread.
There's a big gulf between directing your AG to investigate these goons and letting them go Scot-free. At least that's what I'm hoping I'm reading between the lines. Letting these guys escape prosecution entirely is effectively sanctioning their behavior; if they get away with it now, they'll do it again.
Well, get ready for 4 years of Trump attacking Biden daily, his supporters protesting and escalating, Republicans blocking any progress, and Trump or someone worse as President after.