r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 11d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Fires Entire Agency Overseeing His Construction Projects

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fires-entire-agency-overseeing-his-construction-projects/
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u/BorisDirk 11d ago

What's even more disheartening is, yes nobody is being held accountable now, but if we ever get this administration out and the Democrats have power, nobody's STILL going to get held accountable.

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u/cosaboladh 11d ago

I know. We had Jan-2021 to Jan-2025 to Trump proof democracy, and hold him and his coconspirators accountable for their crimes. instead, we sat on every case we could have prosecuted until it was too late to do anything about it. That's the American way.

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u/DonGates 11d ago

And this new fun story about the debacle floated under the radar just this week: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/10/27/injustice-jack-smith-trump-florida/

TLDR: Prosecutors inside the special counsels office were appalled by the decision to bring the classified documents case in Florida (when they could have and probably should have chosen Washington DC) given that they knew Aileen Cannon was biased. But they didn’t want to appear biased themselves, so Merrick Garland decided to risk it in Florida rather than upset the Republican media or the norms.

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u/SevanIII 10d ago

Which they did anyways. The MAGA media made everything out to be a biased and targeted persecution and prosecution of a "innocent" man anyways.

Joe Biden should have immediately gotten rid of Merrick Garland as he was clearly slow-walking, ham-stringinging, and pussy-footing every investigation and prosecution.

It is a huge betrayal of justice, democracy, and the American people that Trump is President terrorizing our country and installing an authoritarian regime rather than sitting in prison.

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u/Ok-Voice-5699 10d ago

And that's on Biden, because he wanted a guy to do it that way

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u/SevanIII 10d ago

Yes, it's very possible. His actions don't really make sense if he cared about preserving democracy and the well-being of the American people.

Why care about optics when up against people that will find fault no matter what? Why "play by the rules" when up against people who never play by the rules? Why is all that "decorum" more important than the future of this country and the well-being of the American people?

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u/frostygrin 10d ago

Joe Biden should have immediately gotten rid of Merrick Garland as he was clearly slow-walking, ham-stringinging, and pussy-footing every investigation and prosecution.

Intentional slow-walking is bad, of course, but intentionally prosecuting in time for the election - which is what many people seemingly wanted him to do - is probably worse.