• Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
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      1 month 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)@badatbeing.social
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        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.

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

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            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.