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6. you didn't figure in any republican judge or justice
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 08:06 AM
Aug 2025

...who delayed the case unnecessarily by accepting one of the myriad, successive appeals and making rulings that never would have been handed down for a Democratic candidate or president which either set court dates far into the future, or just arbitrarily dismissed the case (Cannon, docs).

Most people don't realize that Meadow, Guiliani, Clark, and others indicted by DOJ and elsewhere had communications and other evidence seized in the Fall of 2021 by prosecutor Tom Windom (who was still in court defending evidence when we voted) which wasn't allowed to be presented to a grand jury until YEARS later.

It was Garland's team, in fact, who argued for over a year in successive courts to have the attorney and other privileges removed from Trump's top lawyers and WH aides and FORCED their testimony which was used in the actual indictment to prosecute Trump.

It's this last point that makes it oh so ridiculous to claim Garland was in the tank for republicans, or was 'meek' or any of the other things that people who spent the entire time attacking the prosecutors instead of Trump and his court defenders.

He could have dismissed the case early, or refused to challenge the privilege claims by the WH at any point, but Garland's lawyers worked through the appointment of Jack Smith, all the way through to defend the evidence they had seized until voters cut them off by voting Trump in again.

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Ben Wittes at Lawfare bigtree Aug 2025 #1
I have stated my opinion numerous times gab13by13 Aug 2025 #2
Right? Cosmocat Aug 2025 #15
A simple question: Chasstev365 Aug 2025 #3
you didn't figure in any republican judge or justice bigtree Aug 2025 #6
The long stretch of inactivity, and the long stretch that followed of minimal activity, Scrivener7 Aug 2025 #4
The case is: he failed, and he projected a meek quality that made him a natural scapegoat, who deserved it. Blues Heron Aug 2025 #5
we failed to back him up with our votes bigtree Aug 2025 #8
The last sentence makes sense to me. yardwork Aug 2025 #7
I guess no one is defending edhopper Aug 2025 #9
This boils down to "Garland was slow, but the Supreme Court might have blocked him anyway, and Republican voters muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #10
where, specifically are you claiming Garland was 'slow'? bigtree Aug 2025 #11
From the article: muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #12
'optimal speed' bigtree Aug 2025 #14
Fall 2021 - there's a delay of over 6 months. And a "slow-moving" strategy was the wrong one muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #17
jesus, do you know anything about prosecutions? bigtree Aug 2025 #18
Trump should have been the priority, not the rioters muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #19
Garland treated BOTH as a priority bigtree Aug 2025 #20
Apart from the failure to bring Trump to court before the 2024 election muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #21
Trump's indictment was actually IN COURT when we voted bigtree Aug 2025 #23
"In court" - meaning charges were listed, not that Trump was in court, with evidence being laid before a jury muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #28
there was a judge assigned, holding hearings in a courtroom who was approving all of the evidence bigtree Aug 2025 #29
A nice crock of baloney. lees1975 Aug 2025 #13
they moved as fast as the courts allowed bigtree Aug 2025 #16
Congress laid out the evidence in an investigation that was as complete as anything the DOJ had done lees1975 Aug 2025 #27
read the Smith report bigtree Aug 2025 #30
Imagine having "Defending Merrick Garland" be your political priority in 2025 thebigidea Aug 2025 #22
I'm more comfortable defending people who prosecuted Trump than attacking them bigtree Aug 2025 #24
He should have appointed Jack Smith immediately, rather than 2 years later. Bluepinky Aug 2025 #25
show us specifically where that would have made a difference bigtree Aug 2025 #32
He gave them a hat (to buy) MaineBlueBear Aug 2025 #26
I have zero problem with people defending Marrick Garland. gab13by13 Aug 2025 #31
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