The first debate in just two weeks. Then the calendar thereafter littered with debates and caucuses, primaries and convention. Does that mean that trump should not be tried before the election . No. The cases should proceed as they would were the candidate not a president ial candidate. They should not be postponed because of the election, in which he has chosen to run. But nor should they be expedited. I have noted here before that theres a long and Noble Tra Jigs at doj of not wanting to act in a way that might be perceived as political. Five recent attorneys general, republicans ask democrats, have all signed the same memo affirm lg the importance of keeping politics out of criminal charges. A republican in 2008, eric holder in 2012 and Loretta Lynch in 2016, bill barr in 2020 and mek garland just last year, they have all used the same language, include ing this paragr quote, simply put, politics must play no role in the decisions the federal investigators or prosecutors regarding a
opened another case. so she s not going to be moved by certain claims that, oh, i don t have time to prepare for this or prepare for that. she has a keen sense of what a sophisticated litigation entails. she was at a8t major law firm a did all sorts of criminal litigations. she s going to know what it takes to be prepared in a timely manner in this case. she s no nonsense. you re not going to be able to pull the wool over her eyes. and most importantly, she s going to be fair. she realizes that the government has the burden of proof to prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt. she s going to make sure that donald trump gets a fair trial. professor, here s a social media reaction. hang out, i ll read it aloud. what do we have? it s funny, but up until now the