Because the president is heavily invested in them, in violation of the emoluments clause.[0]

> The Domestic Emoluments Clause (aka the Presidential Emoluments Clause) (art. II, § 1, cl. 7)

[0] https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF1108...

The president of the united states does not determine the vast, vast majority of criminal investigations in his own country, much less Australia.

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righthand 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

He does if he fires all the justice department attorneys and fills them with ones who want to implement his agenda[0].

[0] https://www.npr.org/2026/10/11/g-s1-145063/justice-departmen...

	▲	bbor 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The justice department is a federal agency.

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streetfighter64 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Entirely correct. The current US president has become the scapegoat for a huge number of problems that are more accurately described as symptoms of the capitalism that's ruling a lot of western countries.

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hackingonempty an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The DOJ used to have independence but no longer. The AG is now Trump's personal lawyer and if Trump says no prosecutions of AI companies then there will be no prosecutions. If the AG doesn't play ball they get fired.