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Mad_Mongol

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29. Calm down!

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Tue Jun 22, 2021, 07:48 PM

Jun 2021

It's an *opinion* piece.

Built on flimsy arguments. A criminal indictment is far and away **NOT** a civil suit. Nor is Individual one equivalent to the office of the President.

The DOJ is presently representing the office of the President in a civil case. As it was handed off to the present DOJ from the former DOJ. How strongly or weakly the DOJ affects that defense is in doubt. If I were Garland, I would take the case to defend Presidential powers, but slow walk/drag it to saddle Trump with a loss.

There is no precedent for the DOJ to defend an individual (as a private citizen) in a criminal case.

Let's not make a mountain out of someone else's mole hill.

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