Merrick Garland isn't to blame for delays in Trump's election interference case - MSNBC / EmptyWheel
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Source: MSNBC
By Marcy Wheeler, legal and national security journalist
After the Supreme Court delayed consideration of Donald Trumps immunity claim until April, some liberals directed considerable outrage not just at the court, but also at a member of President Joe Bidens Cabinet. Such attacks act as if the delay were Attorney General Merrick Garlands fault instead of justices like Clarence Thomas. These criticisms are misplaced. The Justice Department, before and after Garlands delayed confirmation, started investigating key figures in the election interference case against Trump in 2021. And accusations of delay ignore the real-world obstacles that special counsel Jack Smith, his team and their predecessors had to navigate carefully lest the whole case fall apart in court.
Read more: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/merrick-garland-isnt-blame-delays-trumps-election-interference-case-rcna141213
This is incredible investigative reporting by Marcy Wheeler
https://emptywheel.net/
JohnSJ
(92,479 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,722 posts)brer cat
(24,629 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,690 posts)It doesnt satisfy ones desperate craving for recreational outrage.
Good scapegoats are hard to find, what will folks do now that Garland has been TOTALLY EXPONERATED?
republianmushroom
(13,767 posts)Mine is different then this one.
37 months and counting.
Hotler
(11,464 posts)Clarence and Ginn must of made him come over to the house and wash and detail the motor home, do a little yard work, shine some shoes, draw Ginn's bath for her......
oldmanlynn
(112 posts)Was that you General Garland?
RussBLib
(9,044 posts)...I've read more than one defense of Merrick Garland by professional journalists over the topic of Garland moving too slow to prosecute Traitor Trump, but I guess they either didn't make it to the voluminous critics, or those critics chose to ignore the facts.
Regardless, the criticism never seemed very fair to me, but I couldn't counter the near-constant moaning and groaning over Merrick. I gave up trying.
But this column is yet more evidence that there is often more unseen than seen. We certainly are not privy to the same level of intelligence that Garland is aware of, nor are we aware of all the challenges and obstacles that the DOJ faced in bringing charges against Trump.
So, thanks for posting. Maybe a few of the Garland critics will take this one to heart and dial back the venom. Venom directed at Garland is, as Wheeler claims, misplaced.
https://russblib.blogspot.com
Yonnie3
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