Merrick Garland is like a pit viper

[Peacetrain]

"“People are like, well, but let’s wait and see a little bit. And this is like the top of the first inning. I mean, remember Merrick Garland is like a pit viper. He prosecuted the Oklahoma City bomber case, the Unabomber case, the Olympic bomber case. And I think these guys are really methodical,” Carville says on this episode of The New Abnormal politics podcast."

https://news.yahoo.com/viper-merrick-garland-trump-fbi-083914602.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

[woodsprite]

1. I just keep thinking he didn't have to weigh the political

In those cases. I hope he’s as effective in this/these cases. I have a friend who’s in the FBI under Wray, and they appreciate Garland and how methodical he is.

[Peacetrain]

8. That in itself is telling

when the actual members of the FBI feel comfortable with him!!

[fightforfreedom]

2. My nickname for Garland is The Sly Fox.

[Peacetrain]

7. I like that too!!!

[Ocelot II]

3. Mary Trump called him a ninja.

It’s become very clear that he shouldn’t be underestimated.

[Peacetrain]

5. I think he is tool..

Trump is a loud mouth bully and the Garland is more actions speak louder than words type!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

10. Benedict Donald is all hat and no cattle,

while AG Garland has a whole back 40 full of cattle (evidence).

Benedict Donald constantly underestimates those he deems his enemies, to his peril.

[Peacetrain]

11. You know I had the whole Gary Cooper thing

of the silent but effective cow hand come to my mind when I started to reply.. great minds think alike

[MarineCombatEngineer]

12. +100.

[HariSeldon]

4. My fear

In Garland's other (in)famous cases, no one was cheering for the perpetrators; at most, there was the "innocent until proven guilty" talk. But with maybe 30% of Americans believing Trump can do no wrong and no commitment whatsoever to reasonable government if Republicans take even one chamber of Congress, there is a timing element Garland may never previously have dealt with. It may be practically impossible for him to produce a conviction and also take visible steps that would reassure those like me with a finely-developed sense of skepticism about federal-level Republican politicians receiving punishment for their crimes.

[gab13by13]

6. Absolutely,

a Trump trial and conviction would take at least 3 years.

Donald Trump had top secret documents, in an unlocked bomb shelter, for 19 months and yet it took Garland weeks to decide whether to issue a search warrant. He has to be the most cautious man in the world.

[patricia92243]

9. The time element is also what I am afraid of. Repubs have already said if

have a majority, the first thing they would do is close down the Jan6 hearings. I assume that would apply to anything they didn't like.

[gab13by13]

17. Control of the House

is control of the purse strings. Just imagine the havoc they can cause.

[Torchlight]

13. As my better half said, 'His stolid, measured responses

in the face of cries for immediacy and urgency are a soothing balm these days.'

Immediate gratification is a modern consumerism many have bought into without thought or skepticism.

[2naSalit]

15. Absolutely true.

[Deminpenn]

14. Garland brought his judicial temperment

where a judge is expected to weigh evidence carefully and methodically, then issue a detailed decision.

This is great for a judge, but not as much for a prosecutor. Of course, you still want to weigh and consider all the evidence, but the job at DoJ is to catch and prosecute, not decide if the targets of investigations are guilty or innocent. A point was made on MSNBC yesterday that Garland might be more trusting of and delegating more to his subordinates now whereas before he could only rely on himself, the statutes and precedent.

[gab13by13]

16. Well said,

judges don't have to make binary decisions, they can give and take.

[Jilly_in_VA]

18. I think he's very methodical

My grandfather served a couple of terms as a prosecutor after he retired from the US Marsha' service. He was very much the same type of man as Garland. He never wanted to take anything to court unless he had everything in place first. No surprises with him. My mother said sometimes people got impatient waiting for him but he seldom lost a case.

[gab13by13]

19. At least the search warrant shows

this is the first concrete proof that Merrick Garland is investigating Trump.

Investigations don't always lead to indictments, so says Alvin Bragg.

Letitia James case has gotten stronger with Trump citing the 5th and Weisselberg pleading guilty. At least take his money.

[867-5309.]

20. Ridiculous comparison

None of those defendants had any sway or support.