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qazplm135

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29. Yeah no

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 02:39 PM

Jan 16

The main idea seems to be there was no way we'd have gone to trial and even if he'd gone to trial appeals would have gone past 25 so none of it matters.

Which completely ignores the impact of a conviction well before even the primaries started which is what would have happened if he'd started in Feb 21.

Took Smith 9 months from appointment to indictment on both charges. So assume a year of pretrial delay and it's late 22 for a trial. A conviction was not assured but assuming you have one, could have absolutely changed the outcome of the 24 election.

But he was too focused on a "return to normalcy" that simply was a pipe dream.

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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