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onenote

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12. He's an excellent Senator. But that doesn't give him power to bring federal criminal charges against anyone.

Reply to Amaryllis (Reply #10)

Wed Jul 2, 2025, 05:27 PM

Jul 2

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If US Senators could bring federal criminal charges the Repub senators would have been doing it time and time again. They can't force the DOJ to act and this DOJ isn't bringing federal charges against Paramount.

Moreover, successfully bringing bribery or extortion charges against a party for settling a civil case is rare indeed.

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