After the acting U.S. Attorney of D.C. suggested that the Justice Department was not putting off-limits the speeches made by President Trump and others Wednesday that egged on the violent mob at the Capitol, DOJ officials played down the possibility that they might bring charges for those remarks, NBC News reported Friday.
I mean, we get a new Attorney General in 2 weeks… we’ll see what happens.
“At this point in the investigation, it is focused solely on the criminal acts at the Capitol building,” the official said, according to Tur.
How about on January 20 at 12:01 PM?
Does that work for you?
Kicking that can down the road? Only a delays the end of the story. More popcorn please.
F**king excellent! So no charges - now - and therefore no chance of a pardon before the new DOJ.
Lots of slippery language…good for about two weeks.
Yeah, no kidding, who honestly expected the toady to do that? Lets wait to see what a non corrupt person does.
Hopefully AG Garland will take the time to look into it.
DUH. That’s ok. The new AG can investigate it.
The ‘shadow’ group speaks softly in DOJ’s ear.
Breaking: The United States of America will resume on 20 January, 12noon.
Take it away…Merrick!
It’s really not worth thinking about the legal implications until Trump is escorted out of office. That’s why all the fun lately, because of how dramatically the picture changes.
Luckily, there’s no such thing as white privilege!
It would be ridiculous and career-wrecking to do anything else twelve days before the inauguration.
Seems like Dan Crenshaw has an eye on patching things up…
OT…but new…MSNBC says Articles of Impeachment to be introduced on Monday.
Sure, makes total sense, let those among you that have not been involved in actively attempting to violently overthrow the US government heave the first stone.
(Thankfully posts are virtual, I am not likely to die from death by stoning from my proposal.)
note added in proof: It is good to be rich and white in our country!
“DOJ Backs Away From Targeting Trump And Others For Remarks Inciting Capitol Riot“
Of course, the acting AG is a Trump lackey coming through for his capo.
If the argument here is that the President’s pre-riot speech is prosecutable, there are some pretty significant First Amendment issues that may render prosecution unlikely. To wit, speech that’s considered “incitement” isn’t protected, but as a practical matter, the bar is pretty damn high, and rightly so.