Republican lawmakers are warning that any Department of Justice prosecution of former President Trump will turn into a political battle, setting a high bar for Attorney General Merrick Garland to act on an expected criminal referral from the House’s Jan. 6 committee.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol previewed its likely referral to the Justice Department in a court filing made public last week and experts say the evidence assembled by House investigators would provide a strong impetus for prosecutors to act.
But Republican lawmakers and strategists warn that any federal prosecution of Trump will be accused of being politically motivated, boost Trump within the GOP and turn into a partisan food fight at a time when President Biden is pivoting to the center and trying to keep his 2020 campaign promise to unify the country.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said any criminal referral from the House “would probably have as much political taint on it as you can get.”
“To me it’s clearly politically driven,” he said.
Braun said Democrats are scrambling to change up the political narrative in response to Biden’s moribund job approval ratings and predicted launching a federal prosecution of Trump would be viewed along partisan lines.
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What Justice Department ? The corrupt justice department of the Obama administration. The department that protected Clinton and Hunter Biden and one day will protect China Joe from prosection .
The real probe should be on the Biden's, Pelosi, the Clintons, and the Squad. They are the true enemies of our Republic.
IT WON'T BE A CIVIL WAR. IT WILL BE THE SECOND REVOLUTION TO RESTABLISH OUR FREEDOM AND OUR CONSTITUTION. WE WILL BE UKRAINE.