Is it possible they are holding off on Trump until we get closer to the midterms?

[Quixote1818]

If everything breaks now then little attention will be paid to GOP corruption next year. Seems you would want a lot of this stuff coming down the pike next Sept. / Oct.

[Progressive Jones]

1. I agree with you, but it's probably not what's happening. It's just another case of

government working as slowly as possible.

[Hoyt]

2. No, IMO. But who knows nowadays?

[CentralMass]

3. I hope that it is not some sort of quid pro quo where they are backing off to get the

republicans to cooperate on legislation.

[Irish_Dem]

13. Interesting theory.

Nothing would surprise me anymore.

[sop]

4. The DOJ has a policy that prohibits political prosecutions that might interfere with elections.

Attorneys General Michael Mukasey, Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch all issued memos titled “Election Year Sensitivities," addressing investigations and prosecutions of certain crimes around election time. Garland will likely follow the same policy.

[Hoyt]

7. Thanks. Need to look up. Honestly, think the policy is sound, but

I would NOT object if AG ignored this policy in trump’s case.

Seriously, I think it’s a sound policy, especially in normal times.

[Tree Lady]

11. then by going slow Trump will run again

For President and they will say they can't. I am so sick of the rich and famous no matter who they are mostly getting away with stuff that if any of us did we would be in jail.

[CrackityJones75]

17. And that is fucking stupid

Because we are essentially ALWAYS in election time now. With elections every two years there is very little time to get anything done if we are to go by those guidelines.

[walkingman]

5. I don't think so - I think Trump unleashed the kracken.

[former9thward]

6. No.

1) the DOJ has a policy of not filing charges on political people close to an election. Have they always followed that policy? No, but generally they have. and 2) any charges against Trump in the pre-election period would be seen as blatantly political by the public and media. Of course it seems you want the DOJ to be used that way.

[Hoyt]

8. Thanks. Despise trump to max, but the political aspect of this is bothersome.

[PSPS]

9. They're dragging it out until a GOP house majority after '22 can shut everything down again.

[dem4decades]

10. Stop with the Trump being held responsible, he's an ex president, DOJ

Won't touch him.

[Grasswire2]

12. then Alexander Vindman was wrong.

Here in America, we DON'T necessarily do what's right.

Sometimes we are just as weak and corrupt as any banana republic.

[dem4decades]

14. I'm afraid he is, remember the DOJ memo that a President can't be indicted?

Now we're hearing that DOJ has a policy they won't hold a former President accountable either.

I feel badly that Vindman was wrong, but he believed in America, not the DOJ. They are two different things.

[SoCalDavidS]

23. Mr. Vindman Should Know Better Than Anybody How America Works

Or rather, DOESN'T Work.

[SKKY]

15. That would be optimal, for sure. But I have yet to see this current group...

...exhibit the kind of 3D Chess, strategic thinking it would take to pull something like that off. I mean, we're getting killed over a made-up issue (CRT) and they still don't have a good answer for it.

[hamsterjill]

16. No.

If they are, it’s a huge mistake. Voters (like me) want to see some action against Trump BEFORE the midterms so that we feel satisfied that he’s no longer a threat to democracy.

If he were arrested today, it would be well past the midterms before a case was heard and tried. Get going already!!!

[AngryOldDem]

20. So agree.

Trump cannot become a viable candidate in 2024.

[Johonny]

18. No the closer they get to mid-term the less likely it will be to see any action

GOP love playing the victim and would use their victim status to great effect in the election.

[Bettie]

19. No. There just won't be any

consequences for anyone "important".

[Ohio Joe]

21. You don't start at the top of a criminal organization...

You start at the bottom and work your way up. The top is always the last to go.

[karynnj]

22. I doubt it

They will not go after Trump until they have gotten at least some of the records subpoenaed and have grilled the very many people who were below him (Many already subpoenaed). This will insure that they can put together the best cases against him with the strongest backup. Charging a former President is a big deal.

The reason is that indicting or even questioning a former President is a very big deal. Nixon answered interrogatories from the POW/MIA Senate committee, but he was not asked to be interviewed or to testify before the committee in deference to his status as a former President, albeit impeached. His people were furious that he was even forced to answer written questions. To my knowledge, no former President ever did even this.