Merrick Garland

[carrowsboy]

Haven't posted on here in years but I have to ask...what exactly is Merrick Garland doing?

Is he going to let Trump skate by on his crimes like DA Alvin Bragg is doing?

[RKP5637]

1. He certainly is Teflon Don. What does he have on all of these people and/or are the

threats what's going on. I just don't get it.

[Elessar Zappa]

6. Garland's being paid off?

Wow now that’s some conspiracy bullshit.

[Ocelot II]

14. Do you really think the man Obama nominated for the Supreme Court

and Biden chose for his AG - a man with a completely spotless record and a long history of successful prosecutions of major crimes - is corrupt and could be bought off? Really? That insults not only Garland, but Obama and Biden as well. Nice job.

[RockRaven]

2. No man is an island...

Whatever he does or doesn't do, he does or doesn't do it as part of a department (albeit the uppermost position) of 100+ thousand people.

[dem4decades]

4. Remember when Michael Cohen went to jail for doing Trump's dirty work? Well DOJ dissolved that

investigation letting Trump go free. So you tell me how much stomach Garland has to bring Trump and his cabal to justice.

Low level thugs get investigated, Trump insiders go free.

[Ocelot II]

5. Garland is known to work very thoroughly and very quietly.

His prosecution in the Oklahoma City bombing case has been described as "flawless," and he did not let much information out in the process. He is not going to give press conferences about the progress of the investigation.

[Goodheart]

15. He ain't doing jack crap except going after Jan 6. nobodies.

Milquetoast Garland is what I call him.

[Ocelot II]

16. And you know this how?

[Goodheart]

17. It's opinion, just as yours was.

The obstruction of justice case was slam dunk indictable, whether or not he could have gotten an honest jury. Do the right thing. He didn't.

[BlueIdaho]

7. Merrick Garland is playing small ball.

While the GOPutin is burning the constitution.

[Sneederbunk]

8. The question no longer needs to be asked.

[Patton French]

9. Who knows...

[secondwind]

10. I think it's all very complicated. Garland plays close to the vest, and

I think we haven’t heard the last of this. Let’s remember that Trump left dozens of moles everywhere in the DOJ and elsewhere.

[Hoyt]

11. We don't know Garland isn't doing anything, although I suspect he has his reasons. Bragg, we

know that he desided they didn't have the evidence to convict because they coundn't find anyone who would -- or perhaps could -- testify that trump ordered them to falsify financial reports.

Bragg also said they had more important things to do that spend the resources to try trump. Personally, I think that's true, no matter how much we want trump behind bars.

Personally, trump was convicted by the ultimate court-- the voters. He's gone. I'm for moving on and doing what needs to be done for the people of this country. The vast majority of people don't give a damn about trump, especially if he's rotting in Florida and failing at even being relavent. If hard evidence is found -- like a Sharpie drawing where trump show his rubes where to enter Capitol -- then great, fry his ass.

[LakeArenal]

12. Lots of backseat drivers.

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. Lack of public information isn't evidence of inaction or dereliction of duty by Garland. Nt

[RussBLib]

18. this case is one of the biggest in history

and is quite historic. Never had an ex-president, much less an entire crime family of the ex-president under such scrutiny before.

I think the scope of this is much bigger than we realize. Russian oligarch money. Hundreds of millions in dark money. Some Senators, House members, even SCOTUS members (?) involved.

I am about as frustrated by the DOJ slowness as anyone but I pause when I think about the massive undertaking.

Meanwhile we have to GOTV.

[carrowsboy]

19. well...

It's not going to mean anything in a few months when the GQP takes Congress and begins their "investigations."

[Marius25]

20. He's doing nothing except giving insurrectionists slaps on the wrist.

I do not believe he will hold Trump or his supporters accountable.

[Grasswire2]

21. two piece of information in recent days have distressed me significantly.

Because I fully support Joe Biden as POTUS and understood that his first priority was the domestic agenda to deal with the economy and with Covid. I trust him, I believe in him, and I am daily in awe of his stamina and his qualities. He could not have dealt with Covid and with the economy if 2021 was dedicated to pursuit of political crimes.

But now, two pieces of information bother me.

1. A November 2020 NBC News article telling of Biden's philosophy about holding accountable those who commit political crimes. Is Garland operating under that philosophy as stated then by Biden? The American people deserve to know the answer to that now. Link below.

2. I had not known about Garland's very close association with Jamie Gorelick, widely considered corrupt and with a much-criticized history. Garland was her chief deputy. She was his MENTOR and remains his very good friend. ETHICS LAWYER for Jared Kushner is just one of her accomplishments available widely on google search.

I realize that these are highly fraught times, a new bombshell every day, and that POTUS is trying very hard to keep an even keel. I am asking people to contact the three reporters who wrote that NBC story in 2020and ask them to seek a clarification of Biden's policy now that we know what we know about the crimes of those who seek to overthrow our duly elected government.

Link to NBC article via twitter:

[link:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/president-elect-biden-wary-trump-focused-investigations-sources-say-n1247959?msclkid=49c9de3aa7bc11ec88a919028c198773|

You can google Jamie Gorelick as you wish.

[Ferrets are Cool]

22. Thank you for posting this

[doc03]

23. Trump won't get charged with a damn thing. We will hear it is not what

what we do, it is best for the country to put it behind us.

[Grasswire2]

25. Been doing that with Republican crimes for several decades now.

And that's why we are where we are. They are going to push and take everything they can and we are going to hope they will stop.

[budkin]

24. Yes. He is.

Might as well accept the disappointment now.

[Takket]

26. i think he's wating for the jan 6 committee to do its public duty

and he will take their evidence and referrals and go to town.

but that is months away, since the jan 6 committee has slowed to a complete crawl due to frivolous delay lawsuits.