I’m not sure what was worse: that Merrick Garland couldn’t bring himself to prosecute Trump on his own and felt he had to bring in a special counsel as cover, or that he waited so long to do it that Smith never got Trump inside a courtroom.
History won’t be forgiving to Garland.
History won’t be forgiving to Garland.
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I don’t understand why so many people who blame Garland don’t also blame the one person who could have fired him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/us/justice-roberts-trump-supreme-court.html
Garland will go down as one of the weakest, negligent AGs in history
The Senate should have convicted (blame: McConnell).
The DOJ should’ve brought a case within a few months (blame: Garland).
Garland should’ve been replaced (blame: Biden).
The courts should’ve allowed the case to proceed quickly (blame: Supreme Court).
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Cui bono?
Both sides are playing us, like this is one big football championship.
The DOJ team scores minor points, but the game plays out until the last seconds, and suddenly they lose. Now the other team has the ball.
They’re pushing us all to the limit, pitting us against each other, making us the enemy, while they pull the strings.
We’re all being manipulated, every minute of the day.
They all let a master criminal go!
#Game
Over 100 charges and over 38 felony counts, in multiple cases.
The Mueller Report, The Jan 6 Committee, Jack Smith, Fani Willis case. 4 years of investigations. Unconditional discharge on 34 felonies?
They deliberately ran out the clock!
And Trump was extremely good (through years of practice) at evading court proceedings and this time he had excessive money and powerful allies to prevent him facing accountability.
We had never seen that before..
Oh yeah! Apparently, Joe Biden was very unhappy with Merrick Garland and would have replaced him in a second term at the White House.
With all that they have on Donald Trump, it's insane that couldn't even get to a trial. 😖
Did DOJ have the evidence and testimony they needed to get a grand jury to indict, get to trial, get a jury to convict, and survive appeals up to and including SCOTUS?
The DOJ hosted a bake sale.
Meanwhile Republicans openly say they will use their power for partisan witch-hunts.
It seems Garland intentionally “slow walked” the whole process. Why?
You have far more faith in the Supreme Court than I do.
40+ months after the offenses (yeah, yeah, "alleged")
I do not think that slowness was accidental. Didn't Garland have to bring in the PO cops to do stuff the FBI wouldn't?
is that maybe there was a small window of time Before 2023 where Trump had diminishing influence in GOP and at the time SCOTUS might have been pressured to do the right thing.
There's your error right there.
Instead, Biden kept his tail between his legs, and the Dems have remained frustratingly silent since Jan 2021.
It's the "It Can't Happen Here" syndrome. But it already has.
Prognosticating on “what if” doesn’t get us out of the situation we’re in.
The scope of the looting of this nation by the last Trump administration has not been assessed. The second Trump administration will systematically remove, destroy, and conceal the evidence of the gutting of our nation by the Trumpers.
But why comply and make it easier for him in advance?
Bring the case to trial; force the judges to make their reasoning public; expose the corruption for History.
This is the same reason why legislators will put forward bills that will never pass- to record who votes and how.
Garland ensured that.
IT'S NEVER GARLAND'S FAULT... PLEASE!
Ask yourself - who are you more upset at: the person the prosecuted Trump or the person that interfered with the prosecution?
At most, McConnell said criminal courts *could* take up the matter but stated he didn’t think Trump’s conduct warranted prosecution
Suppose Churchill would have let the results at Gallipoli keep England out of D-Day? What you do is forge ahead and do
the right thing.
No one had a crystal ball about what SCOTUS. Regardless, you don't let anticipatory "I thinks" keep you from pursuing justice at the highest levels.
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Google Heritage Foundation, Citizens United.
Wait until you learn about Project 2025.
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Regardless, the threat of immunity didn’t stop the DoJ from charging Trump, arresting him, and getting two trials on the calendar.
What now?, and how?, to end the federal judicial corruption is the question.
Taxes.
Mueller, She Wrote on social media, NOT blaming Merrick Garland for anything.
I also don’t want people to let SCOTUS off the hook for their role in all this.
Dems can't fix their mistakes if they refuse to accept responsibility for them.
Isn’t that bad enough?
Why not have them take this down so not to appear to endorse them?
“… A person's appearance on this list does not imply any other endorsement or relationship between the person and the Federalist Society. …”
He is/was just part of the problem
I hope that when Garland and others are out of office, they hit the Sunday shows & popular podcasts to give their perspective about how Trump escaped justice yet again.
He appointed a special counsel.
To stop the appearance of political bias?
He’s a Republican and we all watched the crime live.
What possible need to prove judicial independence?
Because brainwashed morons won’t like it?
4 years. He had 4 years.
Instead, as you said. They had time to circle their wagons.
Thomas coached her on how to win. The rest is history.
Instead, we got arguing among the team and missed opportunities to gather evidence.
It should never have taken that long to get on the missing documents and get them back. There was no public urgency.
Not acting for fear of it being perceived as a political decision…is a political decision.
Biden and Garland should’ve realized that there was no way to keep politics out of this, and just done the right thing.
Garland went after the low hanging fruit. Didn't bust up monopolies, barely prosecuted 1/6ers.
He got us Diddy though...
Donald Trump wrecked the DOJ over four years. Biden and Garland wanted to fix it.
Donald Trump should have been indicted with them.
Ask @glennkirschner.bsky.social.
Instead they let him heal to 100% health and armor.
They created a monster that has definitely destroyed their party & their reputations.
I hope history destroys them. I’m soon to be 62. Will I see this happen?
SCOTUS and Trump’s use of all allowable court delays and his powerful allies delivered Trump freedom from accountability.
The result would not be different even if SC started earlier…
McConnell allowed Trump freedom after the 2nd impeachment
My point was that had McConnell not stalled Garland's nom, Garland would probably have been on the court and wouldn't have been on the list of Biden's candidates.
There's a lot of blame to go around here. Just want some to land on Mitch.
Shameful!
And his slew of shit lawyers outplayed them
Merrick Garland derailed the country by not acting quickly, deliberating too long, and ultimately pushing the job onto special council too slowly.
History will mark this as one more despicable outcomes of the MAGA Era.
A bleak moment in a bad time.
His job is to investigate & prosecute crimes.
"The Democrats" had to hold Jan 6 Committee hearings since Garland was AWOL, did his work for him & referred criminal charges wrapped in a bow to him but he refused to open his eyes.
Cowards. The lot of them. No sack. No spine. They’re clamoring to save their careers just like Ted Cruz’s booger eating ass.
Worthless, all of them..
My question is:
In the wake of Garland’s failures, can the damage and the pain ever be repaired?
No one should respect the US Justice system.
It’s never been about justice, not really. It’s all about protecting property and because Trump only stole democracy (if it actually existed) and the *idea* of America, there was nothing to prosecute… not even the coup.
McConnell pushed Garland on Biden. Biden nor his freshman team bothered to vette Garland, the GOP did.
Despite having the power to replace Garland, Biden did nothing.
If Biden wanted Trump prosecuted, he would have picked a top prosecutor, not an old Retired Judge.
Not Garland
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/us/justice-roberts-trump-supreme-court.html
1. The FBI blocked Garland and DOJ for months on a search of Mar A Lago.
2. You have zero idea if there was a Grand Jury investigation into 1/6 and Trump before Smith.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/03/01/fbi-dispute-trump-mar-a-lago-raid/
Find the correct villians.
I cannot believe I wasted all of that time being pissed about McConnell keeping him from being sworn in as a SCOTUS!!
Thank God he never got there.
Regardless, Garland has been a HUGE disappointment to the Justice of our country.
Thanks to him…we’ll have a fascist leader in Trump.
It's time to put pressure on Garland to do what's right and release the report.
Or if you prefer, send a message to release the report NOW! https://www.justice.gov/doj/webform/your-message-department-justice
And age
My take is below. No AG was ever faced with this Supreme Court ..attack of capital and this MAGA
History will record that
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/follow-money-behind-capitol-riot
New clues emerge about the money that might have helped fund the Jan. 6 attack
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/11/1085783310/new-clues-emerge-about-the-money-that-might-have-helped-fund-the-jan-6-insurrect
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/10/details-of-the-money-behind-jan-6-protests-continue-to-emerge/
And it took years to add more Like them
It is absolutely sickening
Garland has royally effed up.
We need to vote to replace him.
The misogynist slime machine ran & far too many people didn't participate out of disgust & apathy
Bernie would have wiped the floor with Trump
Preet Bharara
Keith Ellison
Eric Holder
Doug Jones
Mary McCord
Barb McQuade
Joyce Vance
Andrew Weissmann
Sally Yates
Me
The results speak for themselves.
https://bsky.app/profile/mehdirhasan.bsky.social/post/3lfilvaeoc22g
Purportedly significant disclosure would be revealed, Patel and Weils among others.
That we’d finally slap the cuffs on the obvious spy.
But nope, we even let the spy thing go…
Fuck The DOJ and garland!
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He should be embarrassed but instead WE ARE!!!!
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#Asshole
Biden installed a Republican Federalist society guy during a coup they were doing against the US government.
Say it out loud!
1. Not a Republican: He clerked for liberal judges, worked at DOJ during the Carter administration, and held two of the top positions at DOJ during the Clinton administration. 1/2
2. Not a Federalist Society guy. He isn't a member of FedSoc, but has spoken at their events. 2/2