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what are they afraid of? Is he holding something over their heads that they are afraid of that he might release?
Something doesn't seem right here. If it was anybody else in TFG predicament - they'd be indicted, convicted and jailed by now.
Why are they carefully stepping around all the facts that point to TFG's criminal and treasonous actions? Why are they treating him with 'kid gloves'?
Ponietz
(4,330 posts)Mr.Bill
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should never be based on fear.
Yet it seems the frog is in the pot and the temperature is increasing gradually. Could be best.
I am extremely pleased with this administration and confidence grows. Every day more strands in their web of evil are severed.
Handler
(339 posts)Merlot
(9,696 posts)Which would be why prosecutoes have always been hands off with him.
Maraya1969
(23,497 posts)Merlot
(9,696 posts)Also, gulianie got started as a mob prosecutor.
Just speculation as to why prosecuitors don't go after him...as a CI he would be given immunity for his crimes in order for prosecutors to get the mob bosses.
uponit7771
(93,532 posts)... tight to shut him up.
Irish_Dem
(81,271 posts)Political fall out, consequences, civil war, violence, blackmail, extortion, threats.
Trump is capable of doing anything to save his skin.
H2O Man
(79,053 posts)CatWoman
(80,290 posts)ShazzieB
(22,590 posts)GoCubsGo
(34,914 posts)It's more like a cat playing with a mouse before he kills it, and Trump is the mouse.
Claustrum
(5,058 posts)2) They need to give extra time so TFG can't argue he wasn't given enough time.
3) DoJ collected enough evidence for "intent" of the crime. "Intent" didn't seem to matter for other people but apparent it is for TFG.
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IrishAfricanAmerican
(4,471 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(4,990 posts)The purest of the pure. All nobility and sacrifice.
Riiiight
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FoxNewsSucks
(11,704 posts)Well damn, I didn't even have time to post a laughing gif at the troll. . .
Aristus
(72,187 posts)n/t
EYESORE 9001
(29,732 posts)Signed up and your post will be obliterated.
Solomon
(12,644 posts)inthewind21
(4,616 posts)Treated every other POTUS with kid gloves? Nixon , Regan, Bush Sr., Bush Jr. Clinton got impeached over a blow job and lost his law license. See a trend? Think Sesame Street. One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn't belong...
Handler
(339 posts)Kablooie
(19,107 posts)They may worry that if they do anything drastic to Trump, Republicans may do the same thing to Democratic presidents in retaliation.
That's why even taking the documents was carefully considered before they acted on it.
inthewind21
(4,616 posts)retaliation is always a good reason to just allow criminal to run amok.
SheltieLover
(80,467 posts)Caucasian ✔
Penis✔
Purportedly wealthy✔
Have you ever seen one to prison? I haven't.
High hopes & expectation AG Garland will make it happen.
Fiendish Thingy
(23,238 posts)But it took quite a while to put him away, and his espionage crimes were at least as bad as Trumps.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)So yeah, I've seen one sent to prison. G. Gordon Liddy. Those are just two that came to mind. T
here are others. easy to research, but I can't be bothered right now.
That's not what's keeping the orange scum out.
Locutusofborg
(580 posts)"When you strike at a king, you must kill him."
Trump requires having a level of irrefutable evidence that guarantees a 100% chance of conviction. All it takes is one, just one Trump supporter on a jury and he could be acquitted or there could be a hung jury.
If Trump were to be acquitted it would springboard him to the 2024 campaign as an "innocent" man being persecuted by the evil Biden Administration.
I say DOJ should take all the time they need to gather all the evidence they need.
FoxNewsSucks
(11,704 posts)Not that MF45 is a king or anything, but I think that is the explanation. I sure hope it's not fear. Even if there is violence from the MAGAts, we can't just cower away from what MUST be done.
Ponietz
(4,330 posts)I agree with you. Apt quote.
CatWoman
(80,290 posts)ShazzieB
(22,590 posts)There is NO margin of error here. None, zero, zip, nada. I'd be shocked if the DOJ weren't being cautious. Why wouldn't they be? They are navigating in completely uncharted waters here, and the stakes are about as high as it gets.
Moving on the slobfather quickly is not nearly as important as getting it RIGHT. A swing and a miss is not an option. They have to hit a home run on the first pitch. And not just any home run; they need to hit it out of the park and into the next county, if not the next freaking dimension.
In addition to the above, we need to accept the fact that there is a lot we don't know. We can't read Merrick Garland's mind, and we have no way of knowing what he is thinking or what he is planning, much less what factors he has to take into account that we have no knowledge of. Assuming we know anything about his intentions, much less his emotional state (i.e. that he's scared), is highly unrealistic.
He either knows what he's doing or he doesn't. If he knows what he's doing (and his track record says he does), we have to trust that he's doing what needs to be done. If he does NOT know what he's doing (which I strongly believe is NOT the case), we're all fucked anyway, and arresting TFG tomorrow would not change that.
Fiendish Thingy
(23,238 posts)And longer to convict him.
His espionage crimes were as bad as Trumps, possibly worse, and he wasnt a FPOTUS.
Enough with the if it were any other person, theyd be in jail now mythology.
ultralite001
(2,551 posts)DOJ wants him with his hand in the candy jar...
Justice will close on him like a bear trap...
Eyes on the prize...
That is all...
Justice matters.
(9,787 posts)to officially indict Mango Mussolini.
roamer65
(37,953 posts)Kaleva
(40,365 posts)Who were in the same predicament as TFG? Any examples?
Deep State Witch
(12,717 posts)The names of numerous covert U.S. intelligence operatives overseas are contained in the massive quantity of sensitive information a former National Security Agency contractor is accused of hoarding at his Maryland home, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Prosecutors made the startling assertion in a legal filing urging a federal judge in Baltimore to keep computer specialist Harold Martin behind bars while he awaits trial in the case.
Information stolen by the Defendant includes numerous names of intelligence officers of the United States, prosecutors wrote. These officers operate under cover outside the United States, and putting the secrecy of their identities at risk by removing information about those identities from appropriate, secure storage not only endangers the lives and safety of those officers and the individuals with whom they work, but also risks exposure of American intelligence operations.
Kaleva
(40,365 posts)The FBI then had a SWAT Team to break into Martin's home and arrest him at gun point but that was because the FBI thought he was the source of the Shadow Brokers theft.
"While attempting to trace the source of the Shadow Brokers leak in the summer of 2016, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was alerted by the NSA to an internet post made by Martin, who allegedly communicated via the Twitter account @HAL_999999999.[23][24][25] Martin used Twitter to contact Kaspersky Lab, a Russian cyber-security firm, which in turn alerted the National Security Agency.[26][27] The FBI originally believed Martin to be the source of the Shadow Brokers thefts of NSA hacking tools, and used the information provided by Kaspersky researchers to execute a search warrant on Martin's modest residence in suburban Glen Burnie, Maryland, deploying a SWAT team, setting up roadblocks, breaking down the front door with a battering ram, and deploying flash bangs inside the house before removing Martin at gunpoint.[26][28] Instead, the FBI and Maryland State Police reported discovering over 50 terabytes of classified data within the residence, in an unlocked shed, and within Martin's personal vehicle.[29][30][31]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_T._Martin
As for TFG, it was the National Archives which referred the matter of the missing files to the DOJ which in turn directed the FBI to obtain a search warrant and recover the files.
Deep State Witch
(12,717 posts)They've already had threats against the FBI, and one MAGAloon going after them in Cincy.
Dorian Gray
(13,850 posts)They're treating him with kid gloves bc his hands are too small for regular sized gloves.
David__77
(24,728 posts)