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Is it illegal for the incumbent District Attorney to investigate a suspect for murder if that suspect happens to be his political rival?
Surely, it is.
If I'm the current DA, and I'm running for reelection, and the cops bring me evidence that shows my opponent in that election just might be involved in the murder … I assume it's ILLEGAL for me to launch any sort of investigation into that … right? I mean, I guess, from the way the Democrats are acting about Trump's phone call, that it's illegal … just outright illegal … for me to even ASK THE QUESTION, "Did my opponent do this?" Is that right?
I guess my opponent, if he IS the guilty party, is just going to get away with it. Is that how the law works, folks? Because from The Left's reaction to Trump's phone call, one would assume that it is.
Don't tell me that Hunter Biden didn't do anything wrong. Heck, he probably didn't. That's not the point. Most people investigated for murder are also innocent. But … if it's my political rival, then even if I have probable cause, I still can't investigate him … right?
4 Answers
- ?Lv 62 years agoFavorite Answer
Exactly, the democrats are arguing that candidacy of Biden prevents an investigation into the corruption of Biden. The reason for that is the democrats have a double standard which translates in this situation that crimes are not crimes, but only privileged business.
- Anonymous2 years ago
The original complaint does not rise to the level of an urgent concern so it is not a whistleblower complaint.
Something is an “urgent concern” only if the misconduct is “relating to the funding, administration, or operation of intelligence activity within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence.”The whistleblower’s complaint did not accuse the president of misconduct related “to the funding, administration, or operation of an intelligence activity.” Rather, he charged Trump with “using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election”
- marsel_duchampLv 72 years ago
Yes. A DA in that situation has a conflict of interest and should recuse himself and have nothing to do with the investigation..
Also this is not a valid analogy of what happened in regards to Trump, Biden, and Burisma. The more valid analogy would the DA asking for dirt on a political rival from someone who had already found nothing on that rival.
- -j.Lv 72 years ago
If you're the DA, you are part of the legal investigative process.
If you are the president of the United States (ab)using the power of your position to strong-arm foreign governments, you are not.
Hope that helps.
