General Discussion

In this case, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has recused himself because of his prior representation of Trump personally. But Main Justice is so thoroughly corrupted now that other top officials moved ahead on it, CNN reported: “Senior leaders at the Justice Department referred the investigation to federal prosecutors in Chicago, according to two sources familiar with the matter.”

The irony of referring the Carroll case to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago is almost too rich to bear. The office is currently embroiled in a furor over its misconduct in front of the grand jury in the Broadview Six case, with potential sanctions coming down the pike. The fallout is spreading to at least one other criminal prosecution and just yesterday “prompted U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros to order ‘sweeping’ internal reforms to the office’s grand jury practices, including ‘deep-dive’ training from outside national experts,” the Chicago Tribune reports.

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