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Liberty Belle

(9,709 posts)
1. Warren is the only one left who has pledged to prosecute the Trump criminals.
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 09:09 PM
Mar 2020

I seriously doubt if Biden or Bloomberg would, and not even sure about Bernie.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(131,241 posts)
3. Presidents don't prosecute. They leave it to their justice departments,
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 09:12 PM
Mar 2020

which is the way it's supposed to work, and is probably why other candidates haven't said they would. The DoJ is supposed to be independent from the presidency. For a president to promise to prosecute anybody (no matter how much they might deserve it) is exactly what we and the legal experts have been objecting to about Trump and his flunky Barr. I don't want any president to promise to prosecute anybody. I would expect them to allow the DoJ to investigate and then prosecute if the evidence supports prosecution but without any involvement by the WH.

dem4decades

(14,383 posts)
2. So if Biden wanted to work with Republicans to protect Americans against the Coronavirus, you'd have
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 09:12 PM
Mar 2020

a problem?

blm

(114,763 posts)
4. There are some of us here who have always focused on corruption
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 09:12 PM
Mar 2020

since the early days of DU.

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