12-11-2020, 05:36 PM
So here is the problem as I see it. The question of whether the incoming administration should investigate the prior one shouldn't even be a question. What should be happening is that a functional Congress and SCOTUS do their duty to hold an administration accountable for their decisions and take action against a sitting president when necessary. The idea that the DoJ would be the ones who have to take this sort of action isn't something our system of government was designed to handle.
The two-party system and the way so many elected officials put the party politics above what is good for the country to function as a healthy democracy is why we have gotten to this point.
All this is why this question is such a difficult one and it truly is a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenario. There is no real right answer for the incoming administration because the right answer, how our system of government was designed to operate, has been nullified by partisan hacks.
All of that said, the best solution based on all of this is the appointment of a Special Prosecutor. In fact, what should happen is that Biden direct Durham to expand the scope of the investigation he has been given by Barr. If the question really is political influence in the DoJ, then cover the Trump administration as well. Durham is supposedly a stand-up guy, so Republicans should have no argument against it.
The two-party system and the way so many elected officials put the party politics above what is good for the country to function as a healthy democracy is why we have gotten to this point.
All this is why this question is such a difficult one and it truly is a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenario. There is no real right answer for the incoming administration because the right answer, how our system of government was designed to operate, has been nullified by partisan hacks.
All of that said, the best solution based on all of this is the appointment of a Special Prosecutor. In fact, what should happen is that Biden direct Durham to expand the scope of the investigation he has been given by Barr. If the question really is political influence in the DoJ, then cover the Trump administration as well. Durham is supposedly a stand-up guy, so Republicans should have no argument against it.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
