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2024-10-03 14:44:19 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F0423D0D10D0A4ADB478EA0207DDD4A8F8CEE49F99F311F9D3C0C67756318C63
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The "60-day rule" informally in place at the DOJ only precludes "investigative steps" or indictments against a major candidate shortly before an election. Smith's filing was neither. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dojs-60-day-rule-role-play-trump-trial/story?id=107789927#:~:text=The%20report%20makes%20clear%2C%20in%20fact%2C%20that%20the%20%2260%2Dday%22%20rule%20was%20generally%20understood%20to%20relate%20to%20%22investigative%20steps%22%20or%20prosecutorial%20decisions%20%2D%2D%20which%20would%20bolster%20Bratt%27s%20argument%20that%20it%20has%20no%20application%20to%20either%20of%20Trump%27s%20cases%20brought%20in%20the%20summer%20of%20last%20year This "rule" is neither formal policy nor law. https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/28/politics/fact-check-trump-justice-department-rules-prosecution-during-campaign/index.html#:~:text=For%20years%2C%20the%20Justice%20Department,close%20to%20an%20Election%20Day
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