John, BREAKING NEWS: We just issued a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice, calling for action on multiple counts of obstruction of justice committed by former President Trump. The letter takes issue with the Department’s handling of findings from the Mueller report in 2019, especially in contrast with the subsequent investigation led by Trump-backed Special Counsel John Durham. The Mueller report found “substantial evidence” that President Trump had attempted to obstruct justice as the investigation into Russia’s election interference in 2016 and coordination with the Trump campaign was underway. Examples include firing former FBI Director James Comey, attempting to fire Mueller and curtail the investigation, and encouraging his associates not to cooperate with the government. Yet Attorney General Garland has yet to take any discernible action with respect to the evidence presented in the Mueller report, even though Trump can no longer claim immunity as a sitting president. Meanwhile, the letter describes the recent investigation by Special Counsel John Durham as “one of the most corrupt and politically-motivated investigations in Department history.” Durham’s investigation, ordered by former Attorney General William Barr, seeks to discredit persons who provided evidence in connection with the original inquiry into Russian election interference. Durham has failed to find any evidence warranting a conviction in the past three years. In other words, the Mueller investigation found that Trump had obstructed justice in attempting to block the Russia inquiry--but the Department has taken no action on those findings, while allowing the Durham investigation into the Russia inquiry to continue for three years on fruitless and abusive investigations and prosecutions. The Department of Justice has a responsibility to act on the evidence they have from the Mueller report. We’re going to continue to call for accountability from Attorney General Garland and the DOJ, but we need your help. Will you chip in what you can to help us bring Trump to justice? This course of action sets a disturbing precedent. It establishes that any president of the United States can commit federal crimes, including obstruction of justice, and enjoy complete immunity from prosecution both during and after their time in office. Then, by allowing Trump to ‘investigate the investigators’ with flawed prosecutions, the DOJ effectively makes it riskier to tell the government truthfully that the president may have been connected to a crime than it is to be the president who actually committed a crime. But it’s not too late for Attorney General Garland to act. Many of the instances of obstruction of justice cited in the Mueller report remain actionable and are backed by substantial evidence. Now, as Trump is mounting another campaign for president, the Department of Justice has a responsibility to act on the evidence in its possession and file charges against Donald Trump as a private citizen. Donate today to help us continue our fight for accountability for Donald Trump for the crimes he has committed. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Express Donate: $250 Express Donate: $100 Express Donate: $50 Express Donate: $25 Express Donate: $10 Or, donate another amount Thanks for all you do, Ron Fein
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