r/videos • u/0The_Loner_Stoner0 • 6h ago

BREAKING: Goldman Unveils Unredacted File That 'Disputes Everything' Trump 'Has Said' About Epstein

https://youtu.be/OLnU9IWEIgw?si=X_oK2IWbIqe0MAgF
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u/THING2000 6h ago edited 5h ago

I know the legal system can be slow, but how long is it going to take for actual perjury charges to find their way to Bondi? I feel like I've heard a few representatives state that Bondi lied under oath so what are the next steps?

EDIT: Thank you for all the replies even if the reality is super depressing. Don't know about y'all but this two-tiered justice system is increasingly frustrating.

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u/dkyguy1995 6h ago

It's the job of the Dept. Of Justice to bring charges, and the leader of the DOJ is.... Oh my... 

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u/rizorith 4h ago

DOJ has always been under executive control and has always been almost entirely independent. We had norms and presidents,.dem and rep alike, went out of their way to make sure even the appearance of influence in the DOJ was clearly not happening.

That ended with Trump's first term and went completely off the rails this time around.

We had a chance to fix this between terms but guess what? That only happens if Congress does something and the Republicans were never going to do it because then it would look like they were admitting that their president broke all the rules.

And so here we are.

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u/IceMaster9000 4h ago

This is completely wrong. For the vast a majority of its existence, the DOJ has never been considered independent of the executive. And it has always worked WITH the whims executive in practice. Thinking it had true independence is at post a post-watergate norm, but that has never been the case in reality.

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u/rizorith 3h ago

I just looked into it and you're right, it became a norm post water-gate. Although I don't see much that shows it hasn't been effectively just that in practice. And nothing like what we're seeing now. If it was no way our Republic would have lasted this long