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Igel

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13. Easy answer to that one.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #9)

Tue Jan 14, 2025, 09:51 PM

Jan 14

The DOJ won't prosecute. I mean, it's a strange thing for an employee to prosecute as part of his official duties his boss. All Executive authority comes from the President, the DOJ is part of the executive branch (we only have 3, and the DOJ can't be judicial and isn't legislative).

The Carroll case is civil. The DOJ, federal DAs, state or county DAs are not involved.

In other words, "it's personal." And case law says that kind of legal wrangle against a sitting president is just plain okay.

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'trumplaw' et tu Jan 14 #12

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