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Bernardo de La Paz

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21. You really can. Yoon did. He put official machinery in motion. tRump did not, pretended to be uninvolved

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:23 PM

Jan 2025

Yes, tRump should go to prison for Jan 6, but the two cases are not comparable.

tRump's involvement is buried deeply, but uncovered by Smith. tRump's free speech ("It'll be wild&quot is protected 1A and generic exhortation ("you have to fight for your America&quot is not an insurrection. Yoon was very public and very overt.

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Merrick Garland is Getting a Bum Rap (posting because we don't have enough controversy here ;)) [View all] LauraInLA Jan 2025 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 2025 #1

Pretending Garland is the real victim in all of this might be a good PR strategy. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #2

+1. No one wondered why Trump hardly ever insulted or attacked Garland dalton99a Jan 2025 #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 2025 #3

It took WAAAAYYYYY too long!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2025 #51

Makes ya wonder how South Korea was able to do it so quickly. Think. Again. Jan 2025 #4

The SKorean prez was much more overt with a very publicly directed coup attempt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2025 #16

Ya really can't get any more overt or public than Jan. 6 Think. Again. Jan 2025 #18

You really can. Yoon did. He put official machinery in motion. tRump did not, pretended to be uninvolved Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2025 #21

Both publicly attempted a violent coup... Think. Again. Jan 2025 #22

Makes me envy Peru Ponietz Jan 2025 #30

Looking forward to hearing from Joe in his memoir thebigidea Jan 2025 #5

We fought the Civil War like a Sunday softball game Ponietz Jan 2025 #32

opposing this pov should require presenting something of substance to dispute it bigtree Jan 2025 #6

You do realize Smith didn't mention the first 2 years, right? Think. Again. Jan 2025 #19

Not buying it. lees1975 Jan 2025 #7

must not have read the report. bigtree Jan 2025 #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 2025 #24

Garland himself on first taking office should've taken charge of investigating... brush Jan 2025 #53

Harry Litman is a moron and Merrick Garland is an agent of Satan. Ocelot II Jan 2025 #9

I understand completely. Few will, though. MineralMan Jan 2025 #11

Have you ever followed the timeline gab13by13 Jan 2025 #17

Are you the person to whom I replied? I don't think so. MineralMan Jan 2025 #20

Who do they think they are?!?! Think. Again. Jan 2025 #23

I want to be sure that anything I posted about Garland was factual gab13by13 Jan 2025 #25

A masterful analysis with bonus points for sarcasm LauraInLA Jan 2025 #12

No he's not edhopper Jan 2025 #10

I note those were all written befor the report's release, some long before. LauraInLA Jan 2025 #31

LOL ffs awesomerwb1 Jan 2025 #13

I continue to believe Garland gave us a bum rap. Sneederbunk Jan 2025 #14

Thanks for the laugh gab13by13 Jan 2025 #15

The fact that you don't see even ONE of Biden's people praise or defend Garland says it all thebigidea Jan 2025 #26

President Biden's White House counsel gab13by13 Jan 2025 #33

He's a mixed bag. GoCubsGo Jan 2025 #27

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

When was it obvious? gab13by13 Jan 2025 #34

In July of 2024 dsc Jan 2025 #36

I think they were waiting on the election. Once Trump won, things were pretty much dropped. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #37

It was nothing short of delusional to think this SCOTUS was going to permit Trump to be convicted in any trial dsc Jan 2025 #42

Yeah no qazplm135 Jan 2025 #29

If Trump indicted in 2021. Gets put on hold due to immunity question. Immunity question settled in July 2022 LeftInTX Jan 2025 #38

Or the immunity question qazplm135 Jan 2025 #39

That would not have happened. They were delaying on purpose. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #40

No it gets raised earlier qazplm135 Jan 2025 #43

They waited a year. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #44

Well given we could have started qazplm135 Jan 2025 #47

Bum rap? He's not the victim. The American people are Autumn Jan 2025 #35

Bum rap one says republianmushroom Jan 2025 #41

Nope. Garland sucks. ZonkerHarris Jan 2025 #46

gaslighting fail Skittles Jan 2025 #48

If Garland wants to blunt the criticism,... LudwigPastorius Jan 2025 #49

Thank you for posting this. I read something similar some time back. CBHagman Jan 2025 #50

Bum rap nothing. Garland failed miseably. He should've investigated, prosecuted, tried... brush Jan 2025 #52