If proceedings reach a trial of Trump officials who caused the executive branch disobeyal of Judge Boasberg’s orders, Boasberg has specific statutory authority to appoint a prosecutor if DOJ refuses to do so. See Fed. R. Crim. Proc. 42, law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/r…
Two stupid questions, what is to make the government from accepting the prosecution and then they put the thing in the deep freezer? (We had some irritating cases locally here where the prosecutors managed to run out the statute of limitation, oops, looks like the file dropped behind the desk, so sad.)
And if "another lawyer" gets the job, where exactly is he supposed to get the resources for the job?
On the one hand I’m saddened to learn that some time in the past, people worked to write a regulation describing what to do if our Department of Justice refused to prosecute; on the other, I’m thrilled they did that work!
Does he also have the statuatory authority to override their appointment if They choose some likely to proceed in bad faith or otherwise slow walk the process?
James Bazán
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Andreas K
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Two stupid questions, what is to make the government from accepting the prosecution and then they put the thing in the deep freezer? (We had some irritating cases locally here where the prosecutors managed to run out the statute of limitation, oops, looks like the file dropped behind the desk, so sad.)
And if "another lawyer" gets the job, where exactly is he supposed to get the resources for the job?
Joe Stewart
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in reply to Heidi Li Feldman • • •Curious what Steven Donziger would say about this!
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