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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]bigtree
(93,068 posts)17. you fail to mention any consequence of the appointment that delayed anything
...from the essay I provided:
"Indeed, even if the indictments had dropped six months earlier, it seems clear that it wouldnt have mattered with this Supreme Court."
"Indeed, even if the indictments had dropped six months earlier, it seems clear that it wouldnt have mattered with this Supreme Court."
You're really just advantaging the delays orchestrated by judges and justices to blame the prosecution which had zero control over the dates of hearings deliberately set by these Trump-accomplices in the courts to prevent any trial before we voted.
Any fool should be able to see that the maze of appeals was not only designed to delay the trial until we voted, it was successfully advantaged by Trump accomplices in the courts.
The politics was always the game, but there were so many people intent on criticizing prosecutors that you couldn't have a discussion about what they were actually doing, much less a focus on the people actually delaying the proceedings.
Now, politics is still the game and these same people are still navelgazing about what prosecutors were doing, ignoring both the culprits who delayed the trials, and the actual crimes in the report they claim to be so concerned about.
It's all done with this false expectation that DOJ was going to keep Trump from office - even watching the already convicted felon not only get elected, but assuming office in a few days - and still refusing to advantage opposition to republicans and Trump from the evidence of clear criminality in the report.
Just this navelgazing disgrace of attacking the people who worked to hold Trump accountable with these falsehoods and misinformation. Nothing more, just this continued diversion from the culprits.
What to make of this? Utter stupidity, at best, imo.
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The excerpt you posted does not address critics who complain the DOJ didn't move fast enough.
Think. Again.
Jan 2025
#1
Reread the timeline, Think. Again. It's not about "allowing." His FBI made arrests ON Jan 6 onward.
ancianita
Jan 2025
#36
Haven't read Smith's Report and probably won't, but I don't think the report has much new, if anything.
Silent Type
Jan 2025
#2
I know what trump did. I don't need anyone to decipher it. Nor do I appreciate Smith
Silent Type
Jan 2025
#52
You misunderstand the justification for appointing a special counsel. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Jan 2025
#10
You don't seem to understand one was not needed. The AG should've lead the prosecution himself immediately...
brush
Jan 2025
#12
Smith integrated almost seamlessly into what was described as a 'fast-moving investigation'
bigtree
Jan 2025
#13
By the time Garland had investigated the felons' underlings, the felon announced Nov 15 he'd run
ancianita
Jan 2025
#38
didn't realize you actually read anything of substance in relation to this case
bigtree
Jan 2025
#15
There can be no "maybe's" in justice. Anything done that you want done instantly is flat out
ancianita
Jan 2025
#46
"The DOJ is choosing to allow someone they factually know to be a criminal to become president"
ancianita
Jan 2025
#40