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A new report from New York Magazine documents how the United States Department of Justice has been waging what it describes as a "largely secret legal battle" that could soon "open a floodgate of damaging information" about former President Donald Trump.
Even though the DOJ's investigation into Trump's actions leading up to the January 6th Capitol riots has taken a backseat to its investigation into Trump's refusal to return top-secret government documents despite being given a lawful subpoena, New York Magazine's Ankush Khardori notes that there has been a recent flurry of behind-the-scenes activity that suggests the DOJ could spring into action shortly after next week's midterm elections.
Among other things, Khardori notes that the DOJ has breached Trump's bubble of executive privilege by securing the testimony of former White House officials Greg Jacob and Marc Short.
"At first blush, this may seem like a fight among lawyers with esoteric stakes concerning the scope of executive privilege, but there are significant consequences if the Justice Department successfully continues down this path," Khardori argues. "Prosecutors could obtain fulsome information about what Trump himself (as opposed to the people around him) was actually saying and doing in the run-up to and during the January 6 siege."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doj-s-secret-legal-battle-could-open-a-floodgate-of-damaging-info-about-trump-report/ar-AA13Hg0U
EYESORE 9001
(25,941 posts)Open those floodgates already.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)Every day more of the US population agrees with the criminal GOP and believes their lies.
If the DOJ keeps delaying the truth, at some point most of Americans will just give a yawn when the truth does emerge.
Walleye
(31,028 posts)Immunity in front of a grand jury theres almost always definite criminal activity involved, seems to me. Im thinking obstruction of justice for sure
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)I would be sitting poolside somewhere warm, far away from US politics.