DOJ now has 3 criminal referrals

[gab13by13]

1. Mark Meadows - Day 56.
2. The Michigan AG, re: the fake electors.
3. The National Archives re: Trump's destruction of government documents.

Merrick Garland is going to be busy.

[former9thward]

1. Probably not.

The DOJ has 113,000 employees. These matters may not reach him.

[gab13by13]

2. I'm pretty sure that Garland will make the call on all 3 of them.

[OnDoutside]

4. You are probably right but I have little faith he will do so

[getagrip_already]

6. only if they get to him or he requests updates....

Like congress, the doj can bottle up investigations at lower levels. They don't go upwards until a charging/declination decision is reached. And that only happens if the investigators do their jobs.

It may eventually get to the point of a bullet item in a staff meeting, but not before it's baked. And sometimes the chef's don't put them in the ovens very quickly.

Bureaucracy thrives at justice.

Now I'm sure he asks for regular updates on any tfg related investigations. At least I'm hoping he does.

[former9thward]

7. Maybe #1 and I think that call has been made.

But not #2 or #3. #3 will go nowhere. The last time it came up was when Sandy Berger stole documents from the National Archives reading room ("I forgot I put them in my socks&quot . He received a fine.

[Kingofalldems]

14. Trump stole truckloads including classified documents.

No comparison.

[former9thward]

22. You have your predictions and I have mine.

[L. Coyote]

16. No, Garland won't interfere with USAs doing their jobs. Bill Barr however did.

And, if you were paying attention, that was not a good thing.

These referrals go to MI and DC USAs, and the DoJ Deputy Director is in charge of criminal matters.

[COL Mustard]

11. On someone like me? The AG would never get involved.

On a former POTUS? You better believe he'll make the final call.

[WarGamer]

3. Did you forget how many people the GOP referred to the DOJ from 2017-2020?

And nothing came from any of it.

I think it started with Christopher Steele and others in the Russia investigation.

[gab13by13]

5. Maybe because the GQP referrals were bogus.

I don't believe these 3 referrals are bogus.

[blm]

9. Manafort was prosecuted by DOJ.

So was Mike Flynn.

Remember? The cases were started before Barr stepped in.

[Kingofalldems]

13. Yes.

[L. Coyote]

18. A whole batch of #FailedCoupGuy's inner circle were.

[Kingofalldems]

12. Should we give up?

[Lovie777]

8. And number -0- . . ..

TFG, he's first on his list.

[Snackshack]

10. 56 Days... NT.

[DeeDeeNY]

15. Garland doesn't need to wait for criminals referrals

He can start at any time.

[Orrex]

17. If Garland plays his cards right, he can sit on his hands until the Republikkkans control congress

Waiting for the stalwart defenders of The System to scold me for my lack of faith in 3...

2...

[Poiuyt]

21. It doesn't matter who controls Congress for the DOJ to act

They can act on their own as long as Biden is in office.

Congressional investigations are a different matter.

[Orrex]

23. About that...

When I have expressed doubt that The System is working steadily toward justice, I've been assured that Garland is waiting to act until the congressional investigation is completed.

That assurance is offered as a statement of faith with little or no supporting evidence, and as you note the congressional investigation will disappear instantly if Repugs take congress, even if they take it through the very same criminal shenanigans that the current congress is slowly investigating.

[Poiuyt]

25. On that, I agree with you 100%

I also have doubts that The System, as you call it, is working steadily towards justice. I think we're seeing a new, unwritten policy that former presidents are above the law.

[gab13by13]

19. The latest news from The National Archives,

a former counselor for president Obama said tonight, the National Archives recovered 15 boxes of documents. She then went on to say, the implication is, that's not all of the stolen documents, there are more that are not recovered.

Also there is an indication that some of the documents were classified. What am I missing here? To me that is a BFD, punishable up to 20 years in jail.

DOJ needs to take this investigation it could very well be the one to bring Trump down.

Please folks, let's not refer to the letters from Kim as love letters, that is right wing propaganda. letters from foreign leaders are matters of national security that the incoming president needs to be aware of. Stop calling them Kim love letters.

Lock him up.

[bahboo]

20. bFD indeed....hopefully kind of like tax evasion bringing Capone down...

[Orrex]

24. At the rate we're going, he'll get an informal note gently asking him not to insurrection again.