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In reply to the discussion: How long will you give Garland the benefit of the doubt? [View all]meadowlander
(4,764 posts)7. If the indictment doesn't come by mid-this year he might as well not bother.
The closer we get to November 2024 the easier it will be for Republicans to paint it as a partisan witch hunt of a Presidential candidate and the less likely it is that DoJ will want to be seen as making a politically motivated prosecution. Primaries start in less than a year.
Whatever Trump is indicted for will be tied up in the courts for a year anyway and any judgment is unlikely to be handed down in the months before the election.
So I suspect if we don't see an indictment in the next few months, one isn't coming and that would be an unforgivable dereliction of duty on the part of the whole DoJ.
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If the indictment doesn't come by mid-this year he might as well not bother.
meadowlander
Feb 2023
#7
I've yet to see those so quick to defend the DOJ state whether they think trump will be indicted.
CivicGrief
Feb 2023
#12
I do not believe the DOJ will indict him for institutional respect bullshit. The GA DA and NY AG
ZonkerHarris
Feb 2023
#13
Where have I invested a lot in criticizing people who don't have faith in Garland?
Kaleva
Feb 2023
#20
TFG is going to be indicted either by Fulton County DA, the NYC DA or by Special Counsel Jack Smith
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2023
#24
I agree with Joy Behar: "I don't even care if he doesn't go to jail, I don't care!"
betsuni
Feb 2023
#30