Seymour Flops
Diamond Member
An Attorney General is not a judge, who must weigh both sides fairly, following the example of blindfolded Lady Justice. An Attorney General is an advocate. An advocate for punishing criminals, but also the most trusted holder of prosecutorial discretion in the nation. An Attorney General General is a member of the current administration. A Cabinet-level member, who will advise the president, but should not go against the will of the voters by defying the president when the president chooses to follow his or her own counsel.
Where did Democrats get the idea that the Attorney General is required to be "independent?"
Even the current Democrat Attorney General admits that the DOJ is not constitutionally required to be independent.
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We make that commitment not because independence is necessarily constitutionally required, but because it is the only way to ensure that our law enforcement decisions are free from partisan influence.
Early in that goodbye speech, he said:
Our norms are a promise to treat like cases alike — that we will not have one rule for the powerful and another for the powerless, one rule for friends and another for foes.
His whole four year term was nothing but the exact opposite of that. What's more, he seems like such a milquetoast, that it is highly unlikely he made the decision to push these partisan prosecutions and investigations. The opposite of independent.
If Democrats truly believe that the AG should be independent, where was their outrage when President Obama called AG Eric Holder "my wingman?" Where was the outrage when President Bill Clinton met with Attorney General Loretta Lynch after using his powers to hold up her airplane on the tarmac?
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The meeting took place days before then-FBI Director James Comey announced the bureau would not recommend charges against Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton's wife, for her emails. However, Comey called her handling of classified information "extremely careless."
Is that the kind of undue influence that you fear a non-independent Attorney General would be subject to? If so, why do you not trumpet it as a prime example of what you are concerned about? Then at least your arguments would have some credibility and not be such pure partisan hackery.
Where did Democrats get the idea that the Attorney General is required to be "independent?"
Even the current Democrat Attorney General admits that the DOJ is not constitutionally required to be independent.
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Farewell Address
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We make that commitment not because independence is necessarily constitutionally required, but because it is the only way to ensure that our law enforcement decisions are free from partisan influence.
Early in that goodbye speech, he said:
Our norms are a promise to treat like cases alike — that we will not have one rule for the powerful and another for the powerless, one rule for friends and another for foes.
His whole four year term was nothing but the exact opposite of that. What's more, he seems like such a milquetoast, that it is highly unlikely he made the decision to push these partisan prosecutions and investigations. The opposite of independent.
If Democrats truly believe that the AG should be independent, where was their outrage when President Obama called AG Eric Holder "my wingman?" Where was the outrage when President Bill Clinton met with Attorney General Loretta Lynch after using his powers to hold up her airplane on the tarmac?
Reporter who broke story on Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting found dead
The journalist who broke the story about the controversial tarmac meeting between former President Bill Clinton and then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch was found dead Saturday morning, according to police.
The meeting took place days before then-FBI Director James Comey announced the bureau would not recommend charges against Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton's wife, for her emails. However, Comey called her handling of classified information "extremely careless."
Is that the kind of undue influence that you fear a non-independent Attorney General would be subject to? If so, why do you not trumpet it as a prime example of what you are concerned about? Then at least your arguments would have some credibility and not be such pure partisan hackery.
