General Discussion

...and we know that the 'political' consideration here was his boss running against the person he was investigating, very likely as nominee in the upcoming election.

That's not an unusual consideration, and Jack Smith has an entire section in his report explaining the challenges and considerations they made in that regard which weren't anything more than acknowledging those. That's why we got an SC when Trump announced - not because it's some normal part of the proceeding.

That appointment was described as inheriting a 'fast-moving investigation' with over 20 Garland prosecutors moving to work under Smith. That doesn't sound like a department that was flat-footed, rather it represents a DOJ that was fully engaged in investigating Trump all throughout.

That's why we have evidence in the indictment, because Garland's prosecutors collected it and defended it all in myriad appeals in successive courts packed with republicans.

Indeed, Deputy AG Lisa Monaco had directed attorney Tom Windom to begin formally investigating the Trump WH in the Fall of 2021; especially their finances related to the perps who rioted at the Capitol, looking for ties between them and the Trump administration.

Who the fuck objects to that? I'd like one of the critics to explain to me how that's not investigating the Trump WH. More than that, Garland investigators seized phone and other communications at the same time from perps involved in the fake elector scheme.

You'd have to just close your eyes and imagine all of that away to make the nonsense about Garland waiting for something true. It just isn't, and the evidence supports me on that.

receipts:

Garland began investigating the Trump WH in 2021, extensively, including a year-long investigation into their finances.


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/us/politics/trump-investigation-thomas-windom.html


https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/11/politics/jack-smith-special-counsel-high-profile-moves-trump-criminal-investigations/index.html




....all of these perps challenged their subpoenas to appear and testify before the grand jury, and some key witnesses weren't available to the DOJ until at least 2023 when they were able to dispatch the appeals before panels of judges.

From Mike Pence to ‘fake’ electors, here’s who has testified to the January 6 grand jury or met with prosecutors
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/11/politics/grand-jury-testimony-list-january-6-trump/index.html