FBI resisted opening probe into Trump’s role in Jan. 6 for more than a year

[Jason]

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Whether a decision about Trump’s culpability for Jan. 6 could have come any earlier is unclear. The delays in examining that question began before Garland was even confirmed. Sherwin, senior Justice Department officials and Paul Abbate, the top deputy to FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, quashed a plan by prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office to directly investigate Trump associates for any links to the riot, deeming it premature, according to five individuals familiar with the decision. Instead, they insisted on a methodical approach — focusing first on rioters and going up the ladder.

The strategy was embraced by Garland, Monaco and Wray. They remained committed to it even as evidence emerged of an organized, weeks-long effort by Trump and his advisers before Jan. 6 to pressure state leaders, Justice officials and Vice President Mike Pence to block the certification of Biden’s victory.

In the weeks before Jan. 6, Trump supporters boasted publicly that they had submitted fake electors on his behalf, but the Justice Department declined to investigate the matter in February 2021, The Post found. The department did not actively probe the effort for nearly a year, and the FBI did not open an investigation of the electors scheme until April 2022, about 15 months after the attack.

The Justice Department’s painstaking approach to investigating Trump can be traced to Garland’s desire to turn the page from missteps, bruising attacks and allegations of partisanship in the department’s recent investigations of both Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election and Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.

Inside Justice, however, some have complained that the attorney general’s determination to steer clear of any claims of political motive has chilled efforts to investigate the former president. “You couldn’t use the T word,” said one former Justice official briefed on prosecutors’ discussions.

FBI resisted opening probe into Trump’s role in Jan. 6 for more than a year - The Washington Post

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In the DOJ’s investigation of Jan. 6, key Justice officials also quashed an early plan for a task force focused on people in Trump’s orbit.

 

[Greatoneshere]

[TUFKAK]

DEEP STATE!!!

[marioandsonic]

But I thought the FBI was in Biden's pocket!

[Massdriver]

Hunter forced them to.

[Xbob42]

1 hour ago, Massdriver said:

Hunter forced them to.

Once they saw his 14 inch cock for the 900th time it was either open the probe or face the consequences.

[silentbob]

5 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

Once they saw his 14 inch cock for the 900th time it was either open the probe or face the consequences.

The no wonder why “Toadstool Penis” Trump is so mad at him.

[SaysWho?]

Fantastic reporting.

 

I love how eager the FBI was to send out that stupidass October 28, 2016 letter about Hillary and emails, but god forbid they open a probe into his role in a fucking insurrection.

 

So tired of this "turn the page" shit. Bring bad people to justice and make them eat dirt.