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Comment by soperj

20 hours ago

> agreed to allow

pardon my ignorance, but why would that be up to your President?

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wyldberry  19 hours ago

Not a lawyer, but there's a lot of back and forth around jurisdiction between local and federal enforcement. If the President directs the DoJ to not fight to own the investigation over local, then it is up to the Executive Branch.

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