Merrick Garland Not Doing the Job

[butters]

DOJ adds high-profile corruption prosecutor to staffing team investigating attempts to overturn trump's loss

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...sedgntp&cvid=300f082438754883da08de2f4758f4eb

 

[butters]

trump's lawyering up, getting ready for what's coming down the barrel

“Members of the Trump legal team are quietly preparing, in the event charges are brought,” says one person familiar with the situation. “It would be career malpractice not to. Do the [former] president’s attorneys believe everything Cassidy said? No … Do they think the Department of Justice would be wise to charge him? No. But we’ve gotten to a point where if you don’t think criminal charges are at least somewhat likely, you are not serving the [former] president’s best interests.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...pc=U531&cvid=ca0b7bebccba4cd08836783d1b82e76a

 

[coati]

Trump gets away with high crimes for two reasons:

1) His base is a cult that took over the Republican Party, all taking place with the sponsorship of major corporate interests.

2) The Democrat Party is too compromised to the same major corporate interests to take effective action.

With the Robert Muellers and Merrick Garlands of the world living in affluent isolation, this is not likely to change.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Trump gets away with high crimes for two reasons:

1) His base is a cult that took over the Republican Party, all taking place with the sponsorship of major corporate interests.

2) The Democrat Party is too compromised to the same major corporate interests to take effective action.

With the Robert Muellers and Merrick Garlands of the world living in affluent isolation, this is not likely to change.

He has not been charged with any crimes.

 

[ll74]

He has not been charged with any crimes.

I believe that might be the point of the OP.

 

[butters]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...pc=U531&cvid=47aff4fbb5a74caba32ff4de5bb4a7b4

https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/why-garland-should-go-big?triedSigningIn=true

conservative voice says 'go big or go home' because small measures won't necessarily mean a small magat response. If trump isn't indicted, it is effectively saying all presidents are above the law. Garland has been clear on saying just the opposite, so we can only trust in the system.

No one should be under any illusions about the blowback from indicting Trump. The political reaction would be intense and emotional and perhaps even violent. Trump himself has already called for “the biggest protests we’ve ever had” if he is hit with criminal charges. (Trump’ call to action prompted the Atlanta-area DA to ask the FBI for help with security.)

Trump’s threats were clearly meant to intimidate prosecutors and they may have some effect. Team Garland will undoubtedly weigh the possible fall-out from a Trump conviction/acquittal after the TRIAL OF THE MILLENIUM. They know the risks of bringing any charges they can’t prove beyond reasonable doubt in a court of law.

But they shouldn’t worry about the politics, because whatever they decide it will be awful.

 

[LLCox]

'Step it up or step out': Dem lawmaker gives Merrick Garland ultimatum on prosecuting Trump officials

Merrick is soft pedaling his most important task! You're not a judge anymore, act like a prosecutor!

Merrick is smart, make it about the Law and not a perceived witch hunt. make it all ABC and 1,2, 3 and wrap it with a bow.

 

[jaF0]

MerriG's busy in Idaho.

U.S. News // 6 minutes ago
Justice Department sues Idaho over abortion ban, first challenge since Dobbs ruling
Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The Biden administration on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Idaho's so-called trigger law banning nearly all abortions beginning later this month.​

 

[butters]

MerriG's busy in Idaho.

U.S. News // 6 minutes ago

Justice Department sues Idaho over abortion ban, first challenge since Dobbs ruling

Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The Biden administration on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Idaho's so-called trigger law banning nearly all abortions beginning later this month.​

yes, yes he is, i saw that this morning on the news... but he has awhole department with a whole lot of staff and i'd assume they work on more than one project at a time or those justice wheels would be grinding even slower. it's not like he does all the work himself

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Merrick is smart, make it about the Law and not a perceived witch hunt. make it all ABC and 1,2, 3 and wrap it with a bow.

That’s what frustrates a lot of Dems. They don’t understand the law. Prosecutions only work when laws have been broken and there is sufficient evidence to prove it in court. Garland is a lawyer. He knows this.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

MerriG's busy in Idaho.

U.S. News // 6 minutes ago

Justice Department sues Idaho over abortion ban, first challenge since Dobbs ruling

Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The Biden administration on Tue filed a lawsuit against Idaho's so-called trigger law banning nearly all abortions beginning later this month.​

The article doesn’t say what makes the Idaho law a violation of the federal law. Will be interesting to learn how the DOJ is challenging the state law.

 

[butters]

former prosecutor and trump impeachment defense lawyer ty cobb on what they could get trump on. Speaking with a panel on CNN, he found Laurence Tribe (50-years teaching constitutional law at Harvard) shared many of his views. So when you have the impeachment guy and the lauded constitutional law professor agreeing on shit, you know there's meat in that sandwich:

"If I could make one point, though Erin, in response to something the professor said which I think is significant," Cobb began "is the fact that the professor pointed to with the Pence tweet during the almost three hours of Trump's inactivity fits very, very perfectly into what I think should be — I think Congress has the lane here, I don't think that lane is telling [Attorney General] Merrick Garland what to do or pretending that they're leading him anywhere... but, the Pence tweet coupled with the three hours of inaction, in my view, easily fits into the definition of giving aid and comfort to the insurrectionists."

"And that is the standard under Article 3 of the 14th Amendment which Congress has at its disposal," Cobb noted.

"And I don't for the life of me," he continued, "understand why instead of telling the Justice Department what to do, that they aren't acting on that alone, because if they have a sense of the Congress, the penalty of finding Trump guilty of giving aid and comfort to an insurrectionist, is disqualification from office — forever."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...pc=U531&cvid=7d8a3646c05947d5ac593ebadab6b251

is it all about timing for the midterms? will it influence more people to vote against pro-trump ballotees if the hearings bring their strongest game just before it goes down, or (if they went ahead with the risk) would this congressional move be a stronger strategy given the balance of power in the houses?
Would them bringing that move to the people inspire MORE pro-trumpers to cast their ballots, or is it better to persuade the swing voters, the republican-but-not-diehard-trumper through the ongoing waterfall of truth from the mouths of actual republicans on tv as they have been? Are the two mutually exclusive?

 

[butters]

DOJ subpoenas cipollone to speak to a grand jury investigating the plot to overthrow the 2020 presidential election

"...Pat Cipollone is going to be talking more before the grand jury," said Akerman. "The January 6 Committee — they were concerned about getting him in there, getting Pat in there. But they bent over backwards. They allowed him, basically, to claim executive privilege with any conversations he had with Donald Trump. They allowed him to claim attorney-client privilege. None of this is going to go anywhere with the feds. He is going to claim privileges with individual questions. They will take him to a court judge, who is going to order him to testify and tell him there is no privilege. He could appeal it to the circuit court, but all of this will go much quicker behind closed doors."

"Unlike the committee, the Department of Justice doesn't have to worry about midterm elections, and the fact that they may not be around next year," said Akerman. "That's not going to happen. I think that the Department of Justice is going to get a lot more information from Pat Cipollone.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...sedgntp&cvid=55e1c1e574704d0bb43ce9a8de4d3708

 

[butters]

Trump's legal team has been in contact with Justice Department officials involved in the Capitol attack investigation in an apparent attempt to block access to conversations with his former top aides, two people familiar with the inquiry said Thursday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...pc=U531&cvid=20bc613a91514f2cea523864eb62de61

 

[mayfly13]

another c&P.
sighs....
someone doesnt trust their ability to paraphrase or summarize

 

[loveupskirt]

'Step it up or step out': Dem lawmaker gives Merrick Garland ultimatum on prosecuting Trump officials

Merrick is soft pedaling his most important task! You're not a judge anymore, act like a prosecutor!

It's been how long?? If there were a clear, winnable case, charges would have been brought forth months or years ago. Hating someone doesn't make them guilty of something.

 

[butters]

another c&P.
sighs....
someone doesnt trust their ability to paraphrase or summarize

someone does but cannot be bothered for gadflies

 

[KeithD]

It's been how long?? If there were a clear, winnable case, charges would have been brought forth months or years ago. Hating someone doesn't make them guilty of something.

Who do you think you're fooling?

 

[loveupskirt]

Who do you think you're fooling?

It takes 2 years to build a case?? What's the holdup?

 

[KeithD]

It takes 2 years to build a case?? What's the holdup?

Yes, I think that's too long. It doesn't seem to mean there's no case, though. You seem to be ignoring the daily tightening of a noose on the case and the increased DOJ activity on this. You seem to be in a panic mode in the realization that it's actually moving now and want to pretend it isn't--thinking anyone's going to actually believe you. Few will, and the few who do--or pretend they do--were gaga to begin with. The timing of your wishful thinking is just way off.

 

[loveupskirt]

Yes, I think that's too long. It doesn't seem to mean there's no case, though. You seem to be ignoring the daily tightening of a noose on the case and the increased DOJ activity on this. You seem to be in a panic mode in the realization that it's actually moving now and want to pretend it isn't--thinking anyone's going to actually believe you. Few will, and the few who do--or pretend they do--were gaga to begin with. The timing of your wishful thinking is just way off.

Except I really don't care. I hope Trump does not run again. Too many burned bridges. I think his policies were far better for Americans and our country in general than the trainwreck unfolding daily before our eyes, but I would prefer some new blood. That said, if it comes down to voting for Biden or Harris and Trump is the alternative, I'll vote for him a 3rd time. Not everyone who voted for him is a fanatical cult member like you want to believe. Some people are just sick to death of what far left policies are doing to our once great country.

 

[KeithD]

Not everyone who voted for him is a fanatical cult member like you want to believe.

Well given what Trump has revealed of himself right out in the open, YOU certainly are a fanatical cult member of his. And if you didn't care, you wouldn't be posting about it at all.

 

[loveupskirt]

Well given what Trump has revealed of himself right out in the open, YOU certainly are a fanatical cult member of his. And if you didn't care, you wouldn't be posting about it at all.

well crap! You're onto me! FWIW, I am amazed how so many like you get in a twist over things from the past, but seem unconcerned that a senile old extremist is flushing our country down the crapper as you argue daily! Have a good month! I'll check in on your derangement again next month.

 

[KeithD]

Biden's doing just fine. Another major relief bill was negotiated to passable tonight.

Whenever I think Biden isn't doing a good job I only have to think of the corrupt, criminal, treasonous, rapist, white nationalist, congenital liar, scam artist, fascist, rotten businessman, narcissist, crazy, dumb as shit, Covid mass murderer, espionage asset of the Russians, coupist idiot who preceded him in the White House and I sigh a sigh of relief.

 

[jaF0]

but seem unconcerned that a senile old extremist

He got voted out and may soon finally be facing multiple indictments.