What should Merrick Garland, the Attorney General do, the day after Inauguration ?

[kentuck]

Should he issue subpoenas?

Should he make arrests?

Should he ask for a bi-partisan Commission ?

As the chief law enforcement officer of our nation, what should he do?

[Johnny2X2X]

1. Call for unity in the department while beginning the purge

Everything Trump had influence over needs to be purged of Trump loyalists. There are hundreds at the DOJ who are loyal to Trump above the law, they must go. The rest need to retake their oaths and begin tracking down the many crimes of the Trump administration, including in relation to domestic terrorism.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

11. This

[ananda]

14. Yes, get the trumpers out and then start justice.

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[Girard442]

2. Forget the bipartisan commission.

Were any Nazi judges seated at the Nuremberg Trials?

[kentuck]

3. Because it has to have credibility.

Somewhere there has to be some honest Republicans?

[lagomorph777]

15. LOL. Nope.

[exboyfil]

4. When will he be Attorney General

Have any hearings been scheduled on his nomination.

For some reason I still think that McConnell has a few tricks up his sleeve. Right now the goal is to have the Georgia Senators certified by inauguration day. How long does it take to reform the Senate, set a new calendar, begin confirmation hearings, etc. Can Garland go straight to the floor for a vote?

[duforsure]

5. Purge the moles trump positioned for him and Putin.

Getting the CIA spy hunters involved has to happen at once. In the government, military, and those that have ties to trump and Putin.

[NewJeffCT]

6. Get approved by the Senate?

There will likely be an acting AG until Garland gets confirmed.

Knowing that Garland is a low-key straight shooter, I suspect he'll need to take some time to review the evidence before letting subpoenas, indictments or arrests happen. Plus, he will likely need to speak with people like the Mueller team, Adam Schiff and Senate intelligence committee members.

I see him appointing a Special Counsel (or a team of them) to investigate:
1) classified/redacted material in the Mueller Report and to go further than Mueller's limited mandate. Dig Deeper into Trump/Russia
2) domestic corruption amongst the Trump cabinet - Mnuchin, Ross, DeVos, Barr, etc
3) systemic voter suppresion nationwide

[kentuck]

7. Good points!

[Freethinker65]

8. Clean house

[Hestia]

9. Be left alone and allowed to do his job like any other grown-assed adult

[kentuck]

10. You believe he will do his job?

Is that correct?

What would his job be?

[Algernon Moncrieff]

12. There will be a bi-partisan Commission

I don't think he'll have to ask.

Probably two commissions, actually.

1) The Attack-On-the-Capitol commission. Who did what? Who knew what and when? Who failed to adequately perform? Should there be indictments?

2) The Election Fraud commission. Was there fraud? Is there any credible evidence of fraud? If there is no evidence of fraud, who is spreading the fraud gossip? Should there be indictments?

I think Garland should pick the best prosecutors he can find; start marching people in front of the Grand Jury; and begin the process of obtaining indictments. He'll have to decide what he'll offer in exchange for credible testimony against the ringleaders. Lawmakers who knowingly aided this should be charged with seditious conspiracy.

[octoberlib]

13. Why are you asking us?

There are qualified people who will be making those decisions.

[kentuck]

16. Because we sent those people to Washington.

They are part of us. They are not super humans with all the answers. They are looking for ideas all the time.

[MineralMan]

17. Wait to be confirmed by the Senate?

Then consult you?