signalmankenneth
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DOJ Garland better do his job, even if it means going after Trump for his crimes?!! No one is above the law and we don't have kings in this country either?!! The GOP had two chances to get rid of Trump, if they had convicted him in his impeachment trials?!! Garland better man-up or resign, because if this Trump inspired insurrection goes unpunished it will happen again?!! Going after Trump in not political, it's about accountability and justice?!!
Republican lawmakers are warning that any Department of Justice prosecution of former President Trump will turn into a political battle, setting a high bar for Attorney General Merrick Garland to act on an expected criminal referral from the House's Jan. 6 committee.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol previewed its likely referral to the Justice Department in a court filing made public last week and experts say the evidence assembled by House investigators would provide a strong impetus for prosecutors to act.
But Republican lawmakers and strategists warn that any federal prosecution of Trump will be accused of being politically motivated, boost Trump within the GOP and turn into a partisan food fight at a time when President Biden is pivoting to the center and trying to keep his 2020 campaign promise to unify the country.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said any criminal referral from the House "would probably have as much political taint on it as you can get."
"To me it's clearly politically driven," he said.
Braun said Democrats are scrambling to change up the political narrative in response to Biden's moribund job approval ratings and predicted launching a federal prosecution of Trump would be viewed along partisan lines.
"At least half the country would say it's all politically motivated," he said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-warn-justice-department-probe-110056218.html
Republican lawmakers are warning that any Department of Justice prosecution of former President Trump will turn into a political battle, setting a high bar for Attorney General Merrick Garland to act on an expected criminal referral from the House's Jan. 6 committee.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol previewed its likely referral to the Justice Department in a court filing made public last week and experts say the evidence assembled by House investigators would provide a strong impetus for prosecutors to act.
But Republican lawmakers and strategists warn that any federal prosecution of Trump will be accused of being politically motivated, boost Trump within the GOP and turn into a partisan food fight at a time when President Biden is pivoting to the center and trying to keep his 2020 campaign promise to unify the country.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said any criminal referral from the House "would probably have as much political taint on it as you can get."
"To me it's clearly politically driven," he said.
Braun said Democrats are scrambling to change up the political narrative in response to Biden's moribund job approval ratings and predicted launching a federal prosecution of Trump would be viewed along partisan lines.
"At least half the country would say it's all politically motivated," he said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-warn-justice-department-probe-110056218.html
