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3. Anyone still defending this poor bastard should compare how long he took to appoint a Special Counsel for Trump vs Biden

Reply to LauraInLA (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 01:22 PM

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I already wasn't a fan of the guy, but when someone posted that timeline the other day, it really hit home what a pathetic failure Garland has been.

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Merrick Garland is Getting a Bum Rap (posting because we don't have enough controversy here ;)) [View all] LauraInLA Yesterday OP

Article good read with lots of facts. Harry Litman an American lawyer, law professor, former dep. ast. AG. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #1

Pretending Garland is the real victim in all of this might be a good PR strategy. Irish_Dem Yesterday #2

+1. No one wondered why Trump hardly ever insulted or attacked Garland dalton99a 14 hrs ago #45

Anyone still defending this poor bastard should compare how long he took to appoint a Special Counsel for Trump vs Biden W_HAMILTON Yesterday #3

Makes ya wonder how South Korea was able to do it so quickly. Think. Again. Yesterday #4

The SKorean prez was much more overt with a very publicly directed coup attempt Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #16

Ya really can't get any more overt or public than Jan. 6 Think. Again. Yesterday #18

You really can. Yoon did. He put official machinery in motion. tRump did not, pretended to be uninvolved Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #21

Both publicly attempted a violent coup... Think. Again. Yesterday #22

Makes me envy Peru Ponietz Yesterday #30

Looking forward to hearing from Joe in his memoir thebigidea Yesterday #5

We fought the Civil War like a Sunday softball game Ponietz Yesterday #32

opposing this pov should require presenting something of substance to dispute it bigtree Yesterday #6

You do realize Smith didn't mention the first 2 years, right? Think. Again. Yesterday #19

Not buying it. lees1975 Yesterday #7

must not have read the report. bigtree Yesterday #8

I get that Smith is being a Garland apologist. But, if he'd been assigned to work on this a year earlier lees1975 Yesterday #24

Harry Litman is a moron and Merrick Garland is an agent of Satan. Ocelot II Yesterday #9

I understand completely. Few will, though. MineralMan Yesterday #11

Have you ever followed the timeline gab13by13 Yesterday #17

Are you the person to whom I replied? I don't think so. MineralMan Yesterday #20

Who do they think they are?!?! Think. Again. Yesterday #23

I want to be sure that anything I posted about Garland was factual gab13by13 Yesterday #25

A masterful analysis with bonus points for sarcasm LauraInLA Yesterday #12

No he's not edhopper Yesterday #10

I note those were all written befor the report's release, some long before. LauraInLA Yesterday #31

LOL ffs awesomerwb1 Yesterday #13

I continue to believe Garland gave us a bum rap. Sneederbunk Yesterday #14

Thanks for the laugh gab13by13 Yesterday #15

The fact that you don't see even ONE of Biden's people praise or defend Garland says it all thebigidea Yesterday #26

President Biden's White House counsel gab13by13 Yesterday #33

He's a mixed bag. GoCubsGo Yesterday #27

It was obvious that no conviction was going to happen before 2025 dsc Yesterday #28

When was it obvious? gab13by13 Yesterday #34

In July of 2024 dsc Yesterday #36

I think they were waiting on the election. Once Trump won, things were pretty much dropped. LeftInTX 23 hrs ago #37

It was nothing short of delusional to think this SCOTUS was going to permit Trump to be convicted in any trial dsc 22 hrs ago #42

Yeah no qazplm135 Yesterday #29

If Trump indicted in 2021. Gets put on hold due to immunity question. Immunity question settled in July 2022 LeftInTX 23 hrs ago #38

Or the immunity question qazplm135 23 hrs ago #39

That would not have happened. They were delaying on purpose. LeftInTX 22 hrs ago #40

No it gets raised earlier qazplm135 15 hrs ago #43

They waited a year. LeftInTX 14 hrs ago #44

Well given we could have started qazplm135 14 hrs ago #47

Bum rap? He's not the victim. The American people are Autumn Yesterday #35

Bum rap one says republianmushroom 22 hrs ago #41

Nope. Garland sucks. ZonkerHarris 14 hrs ago #46

gaslighting fail Skittles 10 hrs ago #48

If Garland wants to blunt the criticism,... LudwigPastorius 10 hrs ago #49