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Fiendish Thingy

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70. Walk me through how Garland, or any AG of your choosing, could have circumvented the courts' obstruction
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 12:59 PM
Tuesday

Step by step, if you please.

Remember, anytime a “more aggressive” AG might have prevailed in a lower court on a particular issue (immunity, executive privilege, attorney-client privilege, admissibility of evidence), that ruling would have been appealed to a higher court, and a stay issued blocking any movement on the prosecution or trial.

There would have been no end of issues litigated, and in the end, the outcome would not have been different- there would have been no trial before the election.

BTW, DOJ began a preliminary investigation of Trump before he left office in 2021, and Garland launched a formal investigation, with a dedicated team of prosecutors, in June 2021. He did encounter resistance from career staff at DOJ and FBI, but, as the abundant evidence shows, did not “sit on his hands”.

Why do you ignore the critical role of the courts in enabling Trump to evade justice?

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If the "truth" you tell is imaginary, are the "scars" actually real? Fiendish Thingy Monday #1
I haven't seen any links from Empty Wheel lately, gab13by13 Monday #3
Once again... Fiendish Thingy Monday #9
Reality doesn't need to be defended. dchill Monday #19
You mean like how Luigi changed reality? Nt Fiendish Thingy Monday #33
Sure, FT, sure. Anything you say. dchill Monday #41
Just trying clarify what you meant to say. Nt Fiendish Thingy Monday #42
Lol! This seems to be the new argument all the Garland Scrivener7 Tuesday #44
Still quite inaccurate Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #46
Of course. They're doing secret things behind the scenes and it's not a Law & Order episode. Scrivener7 Tuesday #58
Secret things behind the scenes? Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #59
So it is only for the people who disagree with you. Somehow, that doesn't surprise me at all. Scrivener7 Tuesday #60
Are you talking about DOJ's non-public actions during the early part of the investigation? Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #62
That's nice. Happy holidays to you and yours! Scrivener7 Tuesday #63
Indeed! Here's to a hate-free holiday to you and all at DU! Nt Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #66
*sigh* Scrivener7 Tuesday #74
Garland screwed this country Envirogal Tuesday #68
Walk me through how Garland, or any AG of your choosing, could have circumvented the courts' obstruction Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #70
In 2003, we called this a personal attack, a violation of the TOS. Duncan Grant Monday #5
If you've been here since 2003, surely you've seen the pushback on gab's Garland bashing Fiendish Thingy Monday #14
Blaming Garland for everything that's wrong with the world gets old! LeftInTX Monday #18
He offered them a republican to vote for, they didn't. Blue Full Moon Monday #24
Garland has beyond a doubt helped the republicans and their takeover. Blue Full Moon Monday #23
That is your opinion Fiendish Thingy Monday #32
Proof is in the pudding Blue Full Moon Monday #35
Facts support the fact either he is incompetent or complicit Blue Full Moon Monday #36
The facts support neither conclusion Fiendish Thingy Monday #40
Fact. We are now on the road to a fascist dictatorship. Fact. The actual criminals now have full power and have hadEnuf Tuesday #45
You left out many facts Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #47
Oh, come on. hadEnuf Tuesday #48
Again, ignoring facts for your own distortion of reality Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #50
Sorry, Garland concentrated on putting away a few small fish while trying not to look "political" to the big fish. hadEnuf Tuesday #61
The big fish was indicted Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #65
Too bad you weren't around to advise the civil rights leaders when they called out injustices in the 50's and 60's. 58Sunliner Tuesday #49
K&R Think. Again. Monday #2
"It's not a Law & Order episode!!11!!" Scrivener7 Monday #4
Even Biden said picking Garland was a mistake. Mike 03 Monday #6
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If Biden felt it was such a mistake to pick Garland, why didn't he fire him a couple of years ago? TheRickles Monday #17
Because it would have looked awful with a pending investigation against Hunter. SunSeeker Monday #21
If you think about that question in terms of political reality, you'll have your answer Orrex Tuesday #71
He could have urged Garland to retire in order to spend more time with him family..... TheRickles Tuesday #73
That would be effectively the same as firing him Orrex Tuesday #75
Damn, the bigger picture makes Garland look like an op and that's still bad. uponit7771 Monday #7
all I had to do was see.... Grasswire2 Monday #37
The FBI informant, Smirrnov, pleaded guilty. gab13by13 Monday #8
At this point, Milquetoast would have been a shit justice on SCOTUS Aviation Pro Monday #10
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Yep, many posts deleted. DiamondShark Tuesday #54
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I have to question the motivation. 58Sunliner Tuesday #53
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Dems need to stop putting republicans in charge of DOJ and FBI oldmanlynn Monday #12
Garland is a traitor to the people to whom he is responsible ... NotHardly Monday #15
Garland is still our top cop, gab13by13 Monday #16
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"garland in heels"??? wtf does that even mean, because from where I niyad Monday #22
Point taken. Intent was they are of the same mind. onecaliberal Monday #25
"they" who? niyad Monday #28
Pardons are going to be like candy falling from a piata. 🪅.* rubbersole Monday #26
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I was a Garland supporter for the first year or two. What a major, total disappointment he is, even derelict. MLAA Monday #29
I cannot blame gar for hiding under his desk through all of the fascist crime spree yaesu Monday #30
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A little more, another one above the law. republianmushroom Monday #34
Failure... Plain and Simple djacq Tuesday #43
Merry Christmas to you gab. 58Sunliner Tuesday #51
Still 3auld6phart Tuesday #56
Amd where oh where is the sc report? getagrip_already Tuesday #64
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Guess what? In a month, you won't have Garland to kick around any more. MineralMan Tuesday #67
Wasn't that Nixon's line? Scrivener7 Tuesday #76
What a great memory! MineralMan Tuesday #77
Haven't seen any of the cheerleaders reciting the mantras lately Orrex Tuesday #72
Right up there with Mueller, displacedvermoter Tuesday #78
Never was a fan. But, it doesn't matter now. Politicub Tuesday #79
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