NEW: DOJ officials plan to pursue the criminal cases against Trump past Election Day even if he wins, under the belief that department rules against charging or prosecuting a sitting president would not kick in until Inauguration Day. (gift link)
Imagining president-elect Trump as a criminal defendant, spending his transition period flying between Atlanta and D.C., his attorneys doing everything possible to stall proceedings until January 20
Umm. Why do they need to tell us that as though it were in question? Biden is president until the inauguration, full stop. That they feel the need to say this is unnerving.