The Cuomo examination shows a decisive problem with the Trump Justice Department

According to reports, the Trump Justice Department is reported by Andrew Cuomo after the Republicans had accused the Democrat of lying the congress on his treatment of the Pandemic reaction as a New York governor. But the examination connects Two of the worst aspects of the previous Trump 2.0 -Doj: The insatiable leadership of the US law firm in Washington, DC, which opened the investigation and the discharge debacle from Eric Adams.

Cuomo runs for the Mayor of New York City and makes him a rival of the current mayor Adams, who runs as independent for re -election after he was originally elected as a democrat.

Of course, Adams was charged during the bid administration in a federal corruption case. The reason why he is free of these charges is that the Trump administration has released it. Remarkably, the Trump -Doj applied for the case of Adams “without prejudices”, which would revive the government later if (for example) Adams' cooperation was dissatisfied when the immigration was implemented. But the presiding judge looked through this gambit and permanently rejected the case.

This was not missing to gain political levers from the dishes, color the Cuomo examination. If you use criminal proceedings against him, Cuomo's mayor-rival Adams, who was ready to adapt to the Trump government, and knows first-hand that it will use the judicial system to achieve its political goals.

And what if the administration wants to make Cuomo the next Adams? What if the government wants to use criminal proceedings to attain the political lever against the next possible mayor of the city? The dishes are clever for the Adams Gambit, so that the Trump -Doj would not be able to carry out the same system that was not executed in Adam's case. However, there are all possible options for how the government can also gain leverage in the investigation phase, since it cannot be charged for a potential defendant who is not primarily charged.

And then there is the DC office that opened the examination during Ed Martin's term, who himself was too extreme to confirm this congress to confirm the top prosecutor. The President temporarily replaced Martin with Jeanine Pirro, who joined the Fox News office, where she spoke against Cuomo.

It may have had a good reason regardless of whether he committed crimes. Cuomo is also a completely likeable figure in democratic circles. But that's not the point. The point is that all the charges come from this investigation will require more testing than usual. Any presumption of faith in this administration has long passed.

In response to the investigation news, a Cuomo spokesman called them “laws and elections clear-something that they say against the President Trump and his top department of judicial officers. This was all transparent political. “

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