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50. Yes, your bad. Now DOJ is doing botched prosecutions so why bother?

Sun Dec 19, 2021, 12:19 AM

Dec 2021

I have no idea what you are thinking. I guess you're right, if DOJ doesn't investigate and prosecute crimes, they can't botch them.

Just out of curiosity how many prosecutions has the DOJ "botched" after they gathered evidence and chosen to prosecute?

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