A Question: Could an Administration, up to and including the AG and the President, be charged...?

[kentuck]

...after they were out of office? For continued obstruction of justice?

What would it require?

Or should the Democrats just forget about it and move forward, if (they) win the next election?

Do crimes cease to exist whenever the Parties in the Congress switch power? Even up to, and including, treason?

Democrats have some decisions to make.

[LonePirate]

1. I want Biden's inauguration speech to include a call to investigate this criminal president & admin.

Put that MF on notice immediately that he will soon be in jail.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Of course. Only the president can't be prosecuted while in office;

all of the others could be charged even now within the statute of limitations (5 years for most federal crimes). It's just that it won't happen until Barr is gone.

[kentuck]

5. After the election...?

...should Barr be impeached?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. It would be pointless as long as the GOP controls the Senate,

and Barr would be fired in another 2-1/2 months anyhow (until 1/20/21), so why bother?

[kentuck]

7. But it would give Barr something to think about.

After he is no longer protected by incumbency.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. It would be a ridiculous waste of time and taxpayer money.

He wouldn't be removed from office by a GOP lame-duck senate after the election and he'll be gone in January anyhow. Since impeachment and conviction does nothing but remove someone from their job and he's got only 2-1/2 months left between the election and the end of Trump's term, what's the point, even if it worked, which it wouldn't? If you want him to have something to think about, figure out some crimes he can be charged with when the Trump administration is gone.

[kentuck]

18. I could sponsor that.

But what is required for that to happen?

[Dan]

10. With a new president,

Mr. Barr can be terminated, immediately!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. And would be. Agency heads resign as a matter of course

when a new administration takes over unless they are asked to stay. I would expect Barr to be gone by COB on the afternoon of 1/20/20.

[Dan]

14. And in theory,

Biden must and should do a purge within all Departments - and sadly, the whole DOJ must be looked at and cleaned up the evil that supported Trump.

And then, once Biden has his new head of the DOJ - unleash the Dogs of War.

[StarfishSaver]

16. It happens at noon

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. I'll give him a little extra time to clean out his desk,

because I don't think he can move very fast.

[StarfishSaver]

12. With a new president, Barr would be gone

Unless renominated, all of the political appointees, including the cabinet secretaries, are out as of noon on January 20, 2021

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Yes. And I hope somebody films Barr waddling disconsolately to his car

carrying a cardboard box with his office stuff and his potted plant. While it's not likely to happen, I'd also like him to be greeted right then and there by federal marshals.

[bdamomma]

3. forget it?

just like how we didn't hold George Bush and Cheney for starting a war in Iraq. This was all planned and those DU'ers who in tune to these things said it began with Reagan.

These are crimes, I wish those white collars wouldn't save their asses, we have no justice for these white supremacists, but people like us get locked up. This injustice must end, we will see more protests. We need to be loud.

[samnsara]

4. Nixons AG was jailed and he would have been too if Ford hadnt pardoned him...

...or whatever he did....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. John Mitchell wasn't Nixon's AG when he committed the crimes for which

he was convicted; he was his 1972 re-election campaign manager and was convicted for crimes related to the Watergate coverup. And he was never pardoned. Instead, he served part of his sentence and was paroled after 19 months for medical reasons.

[Hoyt]

13. Won't happen, and probably best that one Admin doesn't go after another. HOWEVER,

if there were ever a case where it’s deserved, this is it. So, I wouldn’t gripe.

[kentuck]

20. Should this be an exception?

Most other Administrations are not as criminal as this one, although Bush Jr was damn close.

[abqtommy]

19. Here's my take: show no mercy and take no prisoners!

[pecosbob]

21. The bottom line is that something should be done so that it will not happen again...ever

This would require control of the Senate. IMO there should be checks in place to prevent Justice from going rogue...not 'norms' which Rs will ignore when convenient, but real statutory road-blocks.