'Merrick Garland is Getting a Bum Rap' Harry Litman said it, not me... [View all]

https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/merrick-garland-is-getting-a-bum

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'The claim that he is responsible for Trump’s evasion of accountability is clearly wrong.'
Harry Litman

'Some time in the next five days, Merrick Garland will step down as the nation’s 86th attorney general, ..The storyline that Garland let moss grow on the investigation—some say until Smith came aboard, others until the work of the January 6 Committee embarrassed the Department—doesn’t survive scrutiny...Jack Smith’s report, made public early Tuesday, confirms these points generally and in many particulars. Smith sets out the broad range of investigative measures that preceded his appointment and that “developed a thorough record of independently verified facts.” He also documents the time-consuming sealed privilege litigation that occurred beginning in the summer of 2022 and followed from other investigative work...

It’s understandable that some of the frustration over Trump’s escape from justice has been displaced onto Garland. In contrast to Trump’s defenders, Garland embodied the defense of the rule of law. We put our faith (or at least our hope) in him to bring Trump down, and it didn’t happen. It’s easy to make him a scapegoat.

But once you factor in the Supreme Court, Aileen Cannon, the litigation system’s opportunities for delay, and ultimately, a major portion of the American electorate that didn’t reject the idea of a felonious president but actually seemed entertained by the prospect, it never was in the cards to bring Trump to justice before November 5. A different approach on Garland’s part would not have changed the outcome.'