Status Kuo, by Jay Kuo: Excellent article about the Insurrection Investigation.

[Joinfortmill]

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/you-might-be-thinking-about-the-jan
Here's an excerpt:
Speaking of which, where is Merrick Garland?

There is growing frustration that the new attorney general has not opened cases against the former president or his allies on a number of matters, from obstruction of justice detailed in the Mueller Report to election interference in Georgia. As far as we know publicly, nothing has happened in these areas. There is also a general, and some might say regrettable, sense that this administration does not want to spend its time looking backward at this time, especially as it moves to complete an ambitious legislative agenda, but that doesn’t capture all of what might be going on.

Garland might logically calculate that Trump is facing legal jeopardy on a number of fronts, including grand juries in Manhattan and Fulton County that are investigating his actions before and during this time in the White House. If bills of indictments issue from any of these juries, that may begin an avalanche of legal woes on which other federal charges can be added more readily—without as strong a risk that the move will be seen as purely politically motivated.

Further, it would be far better for our politics if members of Trump’s own party, including Reps. Cheney and Kinzinger, were among those calling for the conspirators to be held to account. The Justice Department could more or less present the findings of the Committee to a grand jury in D.C. and thereby more easily counter the charge of a political witch hunt. This will be especially true if the press and the American people are better informed by next year, via public hearings by the Committee, about what exactly transpired. If calls for charges are widespread, the Justice Department can act without delegitimizing its own position.

The somewhat unsatisfying answer, then, to “Where is Merrick Garland” is this: He likely is waiting. Jumping in now with charges, taking the podium away from the Committee, would gravely undermine its work and play into the idea that it is not seeking facts but rather doing the work of the Biden White House. That simply can’t be the right or wise thing to do. Hard as it is, it remains prudent to caution patience and assume that Garland really does know what he is doing.

It’s also not as if the Department isn’t busy. The number of federal criminal cases relating to January 6 already tops 670. Earlier this year, the offices and home of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani were raided with electronic devices seized. Now there is a trial of Steve Bannon scheduled, with likely future criminal contempt proceedings beginning against Clark, Eastman, Meadows and Stone. Nothing in the history of the Department even compares to the monumental work it has undertaken in the wake of the attack on the Capitol.

Could Garland and the Department disappoint us? Of course. But it is premature to conclude that they will, and at each critical turn so far they have come through, even if far later than an anxious public demands. Rather than worry about where Garland is, it would be more productive to focus on the substantive work of the Committee and the facts it has already gathered and will continue to gather. That will tell us far more about whether we will see justice next year. Thus far, the outlook for real accountability looks promising.

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Here's your answer:

https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/12/08/a-taxonomy-of-the-visible-january-6-crime-scene-investigation/

[asiliveandbreathe]

6. This link deserves an OP of its own..if previously posted I

missed it..this is a must read for all..thank you..

[malaise]

3. Get thee to the greatest page for THIS

He likely is waiting. Jumping in now with charges, taking the podium away from the Committee, would gravely undermine its work and play into the idea that it is not seeking facts but rather doing the work of the Biden White House. That simply can’t be the right or wise thing to do. Hard as it is, it remains prudent to caution patience and assume that Garland really does know what he is doing.

[Ohio Joe]

4. K & R - nt

[Dan]

5. Equal justice for all.