Power

On July 10, 2016 Seth Rich was murdered. Rich worked for the DNC and conspiracy theories sprung up saying he was part of the Russian group that hacked the DNC. Over the years these theories were all deemed to be false. The FBI said they had no information on Rich but subsequent leaks revealed they had many document and a laptop. The FBI said they would need 66 years to gather the information. Although the FBI responded to Huddleston's request two weeks later saying they were "unable to locate any responsive main files," it was later unveiled that the FBI had over 20,000 pages of potentially relevant material, according to RadarOnline. On November 29, 2023 the judge ordered the FBI to turnover the laptop within 14 days but they refused and the lawyers are still waiting. Rich had no security clearance. The only way the FBI can be forced to turn over this laptop and documents is for the Justice Department to tell them and it appears this is not going to happen. Once again the power of the president working with the Justice Department can circumvent the orders of the court which jeopardizes the balance of power between the branches.