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12. A masterful analysis with bonus points for sarcasm

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Merrick Garland is Getting a Bum Rap (posting because we don't have enough controversy here ;)) [View all] LauraInLA Jan 16 OP

Article good read with lots of facts. Harry Litman an American lawyer, law professor, former dep. ast. AG. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 16 #1

Pretending Garland is the real victim in all of this might be a good PR strategy. Irish_Dem Jan 16 #2

+1. No one wondered why Trump hardly ever insulted or attacked Garland dalton99a Jan 17 #45

Anyone still defending this poor bastard should compare how long he took to appoint a Special Counsel for Trump vs Biden W_HAMILTON Jan 16 #3

It took WAAAAYYYYY too long!! InAbLuEsTaTe Wednesday #51

Makes ya wonder how South Korea was able to do it so quickly. Think. Again. Jan 16 #4

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

Ya really can't get any more overt or public than Jan. 6 Think. Again. Jan 16 #18

You really can. Yoon did. He put official machinery in motion. tRump did not, pretended to be uninvolved Bernardo de La Paz Jan 16 #21

Both publicly attempted a violent coup... Think. Again. Jan 16 #22

Makes me envy Peru Ponietz Jan 16 #30

Looking forward to hearing from Joe in his memoir thebigidea Jan 16 #5

We fought the Civil War like a Sunday softball game Ponietz Jan 16 #32

opposing this pov should require presenting something of substance to dispute it bigtree Jan 16 #6

You do realize Smith didn't mention the first 2 years, right? Think. Again. Jan 16 #19

Not buying it. lees1975 Jan 16 #7

must not have read the report. bigtree Jan 16 #8

I get that Smith is being a Garland apologist. But, if he'd been assigned to work on this a year earlier lees1975 Jan 16 #24

Garland himself on first taking office should've taken charge of investigating... brush Wednesday #53

Harry Litman is a moron and Merrick Garland is an agent of Satan. Ocelot II Jan 16 #9

I understand completely. Few will, though. MineralMan Jan 16 #11

Have you ever followed the timeline gab13by13 Jan 16 #17

Are you the person to whom I replied? I don't think so. MineralMan Jan 16 #20

Who do they think they are?!?! Think. Again. Jan 16 #23

I want to be sure that anything I posted about Garland was factual gab13by13 Jan 16 #25

A masterful analysis with bonus points for sarcasm LauraInLA Jan 16 #12

No he's not edhopper Jan 16 #10

I note those were all written befor the report's release, some long before. LauraInLA Jan 16 #31

LOL ffs awesomerwb1 Jan 16 #13

I continue to believe Garland gave us a bum rap. Sneederbunk Jan 16 #14

Thanks for the laugh gab13by13 Jan 16 #15

The fact that you don't see even ONE of Biden's people praise or defend Garland says it all thebigidea Jan 16 #26

President Biden's White House counsel gab13by13 Jan 16 #33

He's a mixed bag. GoCubsGo Jan 16 #27

It was obvious that no conviction was going to happen before 2025 dsc Jan 16 #28

When was it obvious? gab13by13 Jan 16 #34

In July of 2024 dsc Jan 16 #36

I think they were waiting on the election. Once Trump won, things were pretty much dropped. LeftInTX Jan 16 #37

It was nothing short of delusional to think this SCOTUS was going to permit Trump to be convicted in any trial dsc Jan 16 #42

Yeah no qazplm135 Jan 16 #29

If Trump indicted in 2021. Gets put on hold due to immunity question. Immunity question settled in July 2022 LeftInTX Jan 16 #38

Or the immunity question qazplm135 Jan 16 #39

That would not have happened. They were delaying on purpose. LeftInTX Jan 16 #40

No it gets raised earlier qazplm135 Jan 16 #43

They waited a year. LeftInTX Jan 17 #44

Well given we could have started qazplm135 Jan 17 #47

Bum rap? He's not the victim. The American people are Autumn Jan 16 #35

Bum rap one says republianmushroom Jan 16 #41

Nope. Garland sucks. ZonkerHarris Jan 17 #46

gaslighting fail Skittles Jan 17 #48

If Garland wants to blunt the criticism,... LudwigPastorius Jan 17 #49

Thank you for posting this. I read something similar some time back. CBHagman Wednesday #50

Bum rap nothing. Garland failed miseably. He should've investigated, prosecuted, tried... brush Wednesday #52