Biden's DOJ must confront what to do with outstanding cases in which it is defending Trump.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The first test could come Friday.

As the Biden administration begins to take shape, one key question President Joe Biden's Justice Department must confront is whether to continue defending Donald Trump, who relied on Department of Justice lawyers to fight some of his personal battles.

Friday may be the first test of how the Justice Department will handle some of these issues. Lawyers will be in court in Washington, DC, for a case involving the House Ways & Means Committee's attempt to obtain Trump's tax returns from federal agencies that have them. Trump broke with the tradition of a president voluntarily disclosing his tax returns.

At stake is whether the Biden administration will back out of legal proceedings making their way through the courts in which Justice Department lawyers under the former President tried to protect Trump and others.

The Senate has not yet set a hearing date for Biden's nominee for US Attorney General, Judge Merrick Garland, so it's not clear how quickly decisions on these cases will be made.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-s-doj-must-confront-what-to-do-with-outstanding-cases-in-which-it-is-defending-trump-the-first-test-could-come-friday/ar-BB1cYRk7?li=BBnbfcQ

[regnaD kciN]

1. Shouldn't be too hard a decision...

[DURHAM D]

2. Hello - This isn't hard. nt

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Worried about future Presidential tax implications?

Don't bother.....Trump broke the law and if his tax records prove it, tough shit.

[msfiddlestix]

4. i was just getting ready to see if the confirmation date had been set yet

I'm reading here that it hasn't yet been set. So, I suppose he hasn't been able to review anything yet either yet. I can't imagine Rosen allowing him to step foot in that building until confirmation. I've been wondering how much Rosen has destroyed, hidden or given away to Nunez or even Trump. beyond what happened with Operation Hurricane.

everyday that passes without confirmations is quite unsettling.

[Brother Mythos]

5. Sounds like an easy enough decision to me.

After being sworn in, our new Attorney General should immediately tell Trump to hire, or try to hire, his own defense lawyers. Or, if he's as broke as many of us suspect he is, let the judges in the courts hearing the cases in question assign him public defenders. Then, everyone in the DOJ can go back to representing the USA.

[Horse with no Name]

6. Shouldn't be hard

The US really has no standing here.