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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Kirschner: It's about to rain evidence. [View all]apnu
(8,790 posts)Remember all that water boarding stuff? And the spying on Americans with all the TeleComs? And then there was Nixon... famously had to fire is AG to get one who would run amok. I notice a pattern here... I think... hold on... Oh yes! They are all Republican Presidents!
The POTUS influence the DoJ if they so choose. The AG is a political appointed position and serves at the pleasure of the POTUS.
Biden COULD do this, but in my original post, he WON'T. Because he's not that guy. Because he can stay above that particular fray and let prosecutors, as you accurately point out, do that work.
I know that, you know that, but many here and all over the world don't know that and will howl for his head.
Let's recall 2009, Obama's first 6 months... DU was losing its collective mind because Obama, nor Eric Holder, were going after W and his war-criminal cronies.