{"id":6147,"date":"2022-09-02T01:42:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/?p=6147"},"modified":"2022-09-02T01:42:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:42:51","slug":"doj-unlikely-to-charge-trump-before-november-midterm-elections-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/national\/2022\/09\/02\/news\/6147\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ unlikely to charge Trump before November midterm elections: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6148\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/doj-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorney General Merrick Garland has vowed to keep the DOJ independent and its investigations free of political interference.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WASHINGTON, Broadcasting news corporation :The Justice Department is unlikely to bring charges against former President Donald Trump until after the November midterm elections \u2014 if prosecutors believe the 45th president broke any laws by storing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort, according to a new report. The possibility that the Justice Department would take the unprecedented step of charging a former president who is favored to be the 2024 Republican nominee has prompted heightened scrutiny of the FBI\u2019s Aug. 8 raid on Trump\u2019s Florida home and its aftermath, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. Department policy traditionally bars revealing investigative steps or filing charges for the purpose of affecting any election or assisting a candidate within 60 days of polling day \u2014 a period that begins Sept. 10 this year. But that policy has sometimes been ignored. In October 2016, then-FBI Director James Comey announced \u200bthe reopening of an investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton\u2019s personal email server less than two weeks before Election Day. And while Trump isn\u2019t on the ballot in the midterms, he has endorsed a number of candidates who are and remains the face of the Republican Party. Trump has already claimed that the FBI raid was a political ploy to harm him and Republicans. \u201cThis assault was done for political purposes just prior to the Midterm Elections (and 2024, of course!). It is a disgrace to our now Third World Nation!,\u201d the former president said earlier this week on Truth Social.\u200b Another wild card is the possibility that Trump could formally announce his 2024 candidacy at any time. According to Bloomberg, the progress of the Justice Department\u2019s investigation into the classified documents is unclear, so prosecutors may not need to make a decision on charging Trump before Nov. 8.\u200b\u200b But the DOJ is not precluded from obtaining indictments and keeping them under seal. \u200b<br \/>\nAttorney General Merrick Garland has vowed to keep the department independent and its investigations free of political interference. \u201cSimply put, partisan politics must play no role in the decisions of federal investigators or prosecutors regarding any investigations or criminal charges,\u201d Garland said in \u200ba memo\u200b about the 2022 midterms\u200b. T\u200bhe Justice Department is currently involved in a standoff with Trump\u2019s legal team over the former president\u2019s desire to have a special master named to review the documents seized by the FBI to ensure they do not include materials protected by attorney-client privilege. The two sides are facing off in a hearing Thursday in federal court for the Southern District of Florida. \u200bNEWS COLLECTED FROM NEW YORK POST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, Broadcasting news corporation :The Justice Department is unlikely to bring charges against former President Donald Trump until after the November midterm elections \u2014 if prosecutors believe the 45th president broke any laws by storing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort, according to a new report. 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