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kentuck

(111,076 posts) Fri Jun 10, 2022, 10:57 AM Jun 2022

Will the J6 Committee make a criminal referral to the DOJ for DJT?

I suspect they will.

It's difficult to see how the DOJ would ignore such a referral.

How will the DOJ handle it if they get it?

My hunch would be that they would take the referral from the Committee with the promise to investigate the matter further and to subpoena more witnesses?

Someone once said that the wheels of justice turn very slowly but grind exceedingly fine.

No one would expect them to finish before this November elections. Could they finish their investigation by 2024 General Election?

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Will the J6 Committee make a criminal referral to the DOJ for DJT? (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2022 OP

I think they've made it clear they will. Voltaire2 Jun 2022 #1

"It's difficult to see how the DOJ would ignore such a referral." PSPS Jun 2022 #2

I think the charge may be a little stiffer than a "contempt of Congress". kentuck Jun 2022 #4

I suppose they will. But I think in the end for the good of the doc03 Jun 2022 #3

They could keep investigating him for a long time... kentuck Jun 2022 #5

If the GQP takes the House this fall BlueIdaho Jun 2022 #6

If that's what it comes to we are screwed! gab13by13 Jun 2022 #7

Voltaire2

(12,995 posts)

1. I think they've made it clear they will.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:00 AM

Jun 2022

But there has been nothing preventing the DOJ from doing this all on their own.

PSPS

(13,588 posts)

2. "It's difficult to see how the DOJ would ignore such a referral."

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:00 AM

Jun 2022

They've been doing a good job of it so far.

kentuck

(111,076 posts)

4. I think the charge may be a little stiffer than a "contempt of Congress".

Reply to PSPS (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:04 AM

Jun 2022

I think some of the charges may have already been delineated by Liz Cheney?

doc03

(35,324 posts)

3. I suppose they will. But I think in the end for the good of the

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:03 AM

Jun 2022

country nothing will be done to Trump. Can you imagine the riots Trump will instigate if he
is arrested. That is the reason they say Ford pardoned Nixon. That is the reason Gore conceded
the election to "W". I heard Claire Mccaskil make that statement a couple days ago on MJ. Chuck Rosenberg
mentioned that too this morning.

kentuck

(111,076 posts)

5. They could keep investigating him for a long time...

Reply to doc03 (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:07 AM

Jun 2022

I don't think they should worry too much about the "riots" imagined by Trump and his followers. Just have the FBI close by.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)

6. If the GQP takes the House this fall

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:07 AM

Jun 2022

This will all end in a whimper instead of a bang. Elections have consequences.

gab13by13

(21,288 posts)

7. If that's what it comes to we are screwed!

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:17 AM

Jun 2022

Congress is a legislative branch of government. If DOJ has not been investigating the coup plotters we are screwed.

God bless the select committee, with the limited resources they have, compared with DOJ, they uncovered a boat load of evidence that warrants indictments.

The best that can come from these hearings is that Merrick Garland is watching them.

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