OPINION: The Future Criminal Case Against Donald Trump - Neal K. Katyal

[Justice matters.]

The Future Criminal Case Against Donald Trump

by Neal K. Katyal
Mr. Katyal is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, was an acting solicitor general in the Obama administration and is a co-author of “Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump.”

Congress and the Justice Department now find themselves in a complex dance, set to the tempo of the Jan. 6 hearings. The House select committee has already uncovered evidence suggesting that former President Donald Trump committed serious federal crimes.

Congress cannot bring criminal charges; the Justice Department must do so. And critics of the department are asking why it does not appear to be investigating these allegations. The hearings point to a potential answer: The committee is laying a foundation upon which prosecutors can build in a subsequent investigation.

And a subsequent investigation is virtually inevitable, given the evidence generated by the committee. How could Attorney General Merrick Garland ignore the facts the American people are now learning about?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/opinion/future-criminal-case-against-trump.html?referringSource=articleShare

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1. i think it's wise to wait on the committee.

there are some minds that will never be changed, but if even 10% wake up, all this goes a lot smoother. we need a better educated electorate, and that's a big chunk of the committee's job.