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The DOJ is supposed to be independent. Even if you don’t think that it is, it consists of mostly civil servants who remain across administrations. Our institut
by skepticATX 3y ago
The DOJ is supposed to be independent. Even if you don’t think that it is, it consists of mostly civil servants who remain across administrations.
Our institutions are not perfect but there are enough good people working for them that I think it’d be tough to do what you suggest at a large scale.
- lesuorac 3y ago> Even if you don’t think that it is, it consists of mostly civil servants who remain across administrations. Mostly consists sure but the people at the top are all political appointees [1] so they can nix any investigation (say into Epstein [2]). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Department_of_Justice_appointments_by_Joe_Biden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Department_of_Justice_... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Acosta#Jeffrey_Epstein_case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Acosta#Jeffrey_Epste...