Officials in the Biden Justice Department want to keep seeking criminal charges against Donald Trump after Election Day, regardless of his victory, according to a recent Washington Post article.
Departmental norms banning the prosecution or charge of a sitting president would only apply after Inauguration Day in January, according to sources. This perception is shared by these Biden administration officials.
Law enforcement officers at the highest levels have long suspected that the 45th president and Republican presidential candidate this year, Donald Trump, is facing time limits due to the two federal charges against him. Officials are unable to bring criminal charges against a sitting president due to a long-standing policy of the Justice Department.
“Members of the department’s legal team, who requested anonymity in order to disclose internal talks, have stated that they do not think department protocol prohibits them from pursuing legal action against the president-elect.”
Any legal action involving the president-elect at this time would further plunge American politics into unknown terrain, especially considering the prominent role that criminal charges have played in the current presidential campaign. No matter what happens, the courts will have the last say in scheduling any trial or hearings involving the president-elect.
A former spokesperson for Attorney General Merrick Garland at the Justice Department, Anthony Coley, thinks it’s reasonable to keep going after Trump even if he wins.
There is no relationship between the Justice Department and the election schedule. The Justice Manual, which Coley described to the Washington Post as “the department’s bible” and “lays out the post-Watergate principles that have stopped it from being weaponized,” is cited in support of the prosecution of Trump, along with the law and facts. The Justice Department is going full steam ahead until those standards change or they get an order to slow down. That is how it ought to be.
According to current authorities who wished to remain anonymous, the two federal charges that are now pending against Trump would remain active until January 20, the day he would become the 47th president if he were to win the election.
Officials in Biden’s Justice Department had already cast doubt on the prospect of a federal trial for Trump before the 2024 election, according to sources familiar with the conversations. This was even before the Supreme Court’s immunity judgment earlier this month. On Monday morning, someone dismissed the case involving the sensitive materials. But both the Georgia election tampering case and the federal case involving obstruction of justice in the District of Columbia are still pending.
This exemplifies the extreme left’s need to hold Trump accountable for his 2016 victory and subsequent 2024 candidacy for office.
Author: Blake Ambrose
