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Snackshack

(2,541 posts)
6. Nope.
Sun Jul 4, 2021, 11:05 PM
Jul 2021

Garland has not released the full Mueller report. I think he’s allowed one new page to be un-redacted & released.

I firmly believe that Biden and Garland have had a discussion and decided they are not going to let His term as President be about DT and holding in accountable for the crimes he committed. The DOJ is already projecting that they plane to defend DT in several on going trials. Like the E Jean Carrol trial, Muller report and there was a story that DOJ is getting set to defend DT on Jan 6 issues. What they don’t seem to realize is DT is already making everything in Biden’s term about him so Biden may as well cut DT loose and let go of this BS that they are not really defending DT but trying to protect the Office of the Executive and it just so happens defending DT is the roadmap for that.

Justice matters.

(6,929 posts)
7. President Joe Biden has repeatedly stated he will not intervene in the DOJ decisions.
Sun Jul 4, 2021, 11:23 PM
Jul 2021

What you believe there is pure wrong speculation or you consider Biden to be a liar like TFG?

Snackshack

(2,541 posts)
10. You don't have to believe me.
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 04:18 AM
Jul 2021

Simply search DOJ and the E Jean Carrol case, release of the Mueller OLC memo, DTs taxes.

MichMan

(11,927 posts)
4. I would think Vance has more than enough evidence by now to need some statement of TFG
Sun Jul 4, 2021, 08:56 PM
Jul 2021

Hasn't his investigation gone on for three plus years now ?

Justice matters.

(6,929 posts)
8. They need to prove intent to knowingly commiting tax frauds to the Grand Jury.
Sun Jul 4, 2021, 11:29 PM
Jul 2021
And now, following TFG's confession, and those of his two sons... ON VIDEO TAPES...

They just have to show the GJ those tapes now and...

bucolic_frolic

(43,161 posts)
13. Pleading ignorance of the law - lack of intent - in the face of tax fraud is no defense
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 06:08 AM
Jul 2021

It's not a credible defense, and any accountant, CPA, CFO, would know the law.

So good luck with the need to prove intent.

bucolic_frolic

(43,161 posts)
5. TFG's never bragged about obeying the law
Sun Jul 4, 2021, 10:16 PM
Jul 2021

Never said 'you can look as closely as you want'. All he did was hide his tax returns.

Why wasn't NYS looking at this 10 years ago? Would have been no barriers to access then.

Justice matters.

(6,929 posts)
9. No barriers other than so far, that investigation costs up to $3 Million and counting.
Sun Jul 4, 2021, 11:32 PM
Jul 2021
They had to have a lead (from Michael Cohen, first-who-flipped) to start spending that much so far to justify it.

Rhiannon12866

(205,351 posts)
11. According to Mary Trump's book the NY Times did a record long article on Trump financial malfeasance
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 04:50 AM
Jul 2021

That went back decades - with the help of documents Mary obtained from her lawyer's office. She had access to them since she was involved, she and her brother were left out of any inheritance which they were entitled to as the children of the eldest Trump brother, but Donald wanted and needed as much money as he could get. I've wondered why there were no legal repercussions after that - and the article was published in 2018.

bucolic_frolic

(43,161 posts)
12. A random audit of billionaires, where the biggest possible ROI on audits are located,
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 06:06 AM
Jul 2021

would have done the trick.

If they examine no one because it costs too much, everyone can hide tax cheating in plain sight.

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