• @Boddhisatva
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    173 days ago

    Agreed, but I’m not sure if those civil rulings would stop the DoJ from filing criminal charges if Trump pushes them into it.

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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      103 days ago

      Not sure how a state level civil defamation case would make it to the federal criminal level without bending the whole criminal justice system.

      From the DoJ website:

      NOTE: The Department of Justice has no authority to intervene in matters of state law. The Department of Justice can assume jurisdiction only when there has been a violation of federal law.

      • qantravon
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        143 days ago

        You think Trump cares about that? Or the cronies he’s bringing in to run DoJ? They’ll find a way.

        • @Dragomus
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          43 days ago

          He/they will just say she lied and falsely accused him and that should be investigated/prosecuted. Where the case originally was held won’t matter then.

    • @AbidanYre
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      43 days ago

      If it does stop them, he’ll just keep replacing the AG until it doesn’t.