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Cohen argues Democrats must prosecute Trump-era corruption or it will continue and worsen
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Platner Is OUT — Here’s What Dems Should Do to Avoid DISASTER (ft. Brian Tyler Cohen)
"If there is no deterrent effect for this criminality and corruption, it's only going to happen more. Trump 2.0 is a response to the Biden administration's inability, their unwillingness to actually hold these people to account. If we don't engage with some of this corruption, if we don't take this out, if we don't prosecute, investigate any of this stuff, it's only going to continue. The fact that it's happening right now is a direct response to our collective unwillingness to hold these people to account when we had the opportunity to do so."
In discussing his book on post-Trump Democratic governance, Cohen called for aggressive prosecution of Trump-era corruption, arguing current problems stem from Biden's failure to hold people accountable. He specifically criticized Merrick Garland for giving Republicans a pass to avoid the appearance of politicization, which Cohen said actually politicized the DOJ more. He argued there's enough legitimate corruption to prosecute without copying Trump's tactics of indicting political opponents.
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