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7. investigations are always conducted in secret

Reply to Mr. Ected (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 22, 2022, 06:14 PM

Jun 2022

...and congressional hearings don't prosecute anyone.

Whether they made the right choice to begin hearings would seem to depend on what effect they have on actual prosecutions. It shouldn't be a surprise to the Jan.6 committee that their evidence would be the subject of upcoming trials. The DoJ has been telling them this since April.

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Highly publicized congressional hearings with 1,000 depositions is a monstrous problem for DoJ [View all] bigtree Jun 2022 OP

DOJ should ask for a list of the J6 witnesses and do their own Justice matters. Jun 2022 #1

DOJ has done their own investigations and was ready to take Proud Boys to trial bigtree Jun 2022 #3

*the largest criminal investigation in Justice Department history, elleng Jun 2022 #2

Pick your poison, folks: Mr. Ected Jun 2022 #4

I agree. The public NEEDS to see this, and only a select committee can give us this much info. Novara Jun 2022 #5

investigations are always conducted in secret bigtree Jun 2022 #7

I don't buy that (from the DOJ) one bit. W_HAMILTON Jun 2022 #6

you're not reading anything like that bigtree Jun 2022 #8

The legislative branch is completely separate from the executive branch. W_HAMILTON Jun 2022 #9

the committee isn't doing the DOJ's work for them bigtree Jun 2022 #10

They are two completely separate tracks. W_HAMILTON Jun 2022 #11

the fact that the committee did decide to go forward with public hearings has imperiled the DOJ bigtree Jun 2022 #12