'Rolling-Coal And Emissions Cheating Devices Are No Longer A Criminal Offenses In Donald Trump's America'
"President Trump's Department of Justice has ordered federal prosecutors to stop pursuing criminal charges and drop all pending cases that target the sale of illicit 'defeat devices' that tamper with the air pollution control systems in diesel-powered vehicles. Pretty much, what this means is rolling coal is now legal to do because we live in a hell run by 12-year-olds."
"Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's edict is the first time that the DOJ has formally taken steps to scale back environmental criminal enforcement since Trump first took office a bit over a year ago. In a memo reviewed by the media, Blanche wrote that he made this decision 'to ensure consistent and fair prosecution under the law, as well as to ensure the best use of Department resources.' "
"The memo comes just a few months after Trump pardoned Tony Lake, a Wyoming-based diesel mechanic who served several months in federal prison for conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act by disabling emissions-control devices in a number of diesel trucks. It came after a Wyoming Senate Republican alleged the case represented an example of the Biden administration 'weaponizing' prosecution."
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