The DOJ Is Lost -- Digby

[erronis]

https://digbysblog.net/2026/05/21/the-doj-is-lost/

Ok, I admit I'm a little bit shocked to see the USAT for SDNY, on Squawk Box in the first place. Hearing him say this is unconscionable. I'm beginning to think we'll need to totally dismantle the DOJ if we expect to survive as a country.

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"They" didn't leak Trump's tax returns. An IRS contractor did - along with thousands of other tax returns - during Trump's first term.

Biden's DOJ prosecuted the contractor, who got the max: 5 years in prison.

This is shameful spin from SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. https://t.co/hoSREOqNMA-- Kristy Greenberg (@KGreenberg_) May 21, 2026

He's actually saying that we should pay convicted criminals who beat up cops to make up for the fact that some moron leaked Trump's tax returns (along with thousands of others) when every other president for the past 40 years not only didn't think the exposure would "destroy" them, they released them voluntarily.

God help us.

[Walleye]

1. He wants to pay off all the boys for their butt-hurts

I’m laughing thinking of a commercial a lawyer would do. “Did Biden hurt your butt real bad? Sue you’ll get millions”

[erronis]

2. Wonder how many lawyers like that will require their fees up front.

Can't trust the trumps to pay what they say they'll pay, and definitely can't trust any of the j6er's to honor anything.

[Walleye]

3. Nobody in this administration deserves the benefit of the doubt on

We know he’d rather take poison, then pay a bill

[sop]

4. What "damage" did Trump suffer from the leak?

It obviously didn't "destroy" Trump; he got re-elected, and he never had to pay any back taxes.