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Politics
Chris Walker

DOJ likely lost crucial Trump evidence

A new report from The Washington Post showcases how slowly and cautiously senior leaders at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI moved to open up an investigation into former President Donald Trump's actions during his final weeks in office as he attempted to usurp the democratic process by overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Although the reasons behind the snail's pace, bottom-up approach may appear to some to be appropriately nonpartisan, they may have also hindered the investigation in the long-run, allowing evidence that could have helped the probe to potentially be destroyed.

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