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In reply to the discussion: Don't get so cynical about the DOJ that you miss important progress in investigations [View all]gab13by13
(33,080 posts)the J6 committee has been out front in investigating Trump and his inner circle. DOJ usually likes to take the lead in investigations.
When Cassidy Hutchinson testified before the J6 committee it shocked DOJ into action. The J6 committee knew about Tom Fitton 6 months ago, what took DOJ so long?
I am impressed with Jack Smith, he appears to be going after Trump and flipping Fitton would go a long way to prove Trump's criminal intent.
My opinion is the pyramid strategy was a mistake. Waiting to go after Trump and his inner circle made it harder to gather evidence. After time evidence disappears, memories fade, and criminals have time to get their stories straight, Prosecution 101.
You never address the importance of time. Trump's strategy all along has been to delay everything, getting access to Scott Perry's phone may take another 6 months. Getting Trump to an actual trial takes at least 3 1/2 years, that puts the trial into 2026 which means that Democrats had better win the presidency in 2024 and 2028.
When I claim that Garland waited a year before investigating Trump and his inner circle I have been told that we don't know what DOJ is doing because DOJ doesn't leak. Man O Man that Jack Smith must leak like a sieve, we seem to know when he subpoenas documents and people.
Garland has a record to judge him by. I want to see Trump and his inner circle held accountable because the insurrection has only grown since J6. We ignore the importance of time at our peril.
ps/ I respect your opinion that everything is going according to plan and I sincerely hope that you are right. I want to be wrong.