Can't agree with what Garland did

[867-5309.]

Garland didn't have to say anything. Stoney silence conveys impartiality. The TFG can blather on and BS all he likes. No serious person takes him seriously. Garland coming out to defend the FBI will not impress those who are attacking them.

Publicly stating he is trying to get the warrant unsealed makes it seem he's taking sides, trying to show Trump up. He should have no more or less interest in getting it unsealed in this case than in any other. He shouldn't care what people claim or think. Let the pundits have it out.

[mcar]

1. ...

[BannonsLiver]

2. ...

And…

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Yeah, only over 50 million voters take him seriously

S I G H

[rzemanfl]

11. God bless you Mr. Rosewater.

That indeed is the problem.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. And?

You think AG Garland gives a fuck what you think?

[inthewind21]

65. Amen

[rzemanfl]

5. Standing by silently after Drumpf painted himself into a corner would be-

BORING.

[MerryHolidays]

6. That is absolute nonsense

You are fine with Trump's blathering on about the search, but want the DoJ/FBI to be silent? You do understand that filing documents under seal is generally an exception, not the norm?

When the other party puts the search in the public forum, it's basically a no-brainer for the DoJ/FBI to counter that, "stoney [sic] silence" or otherwise.

[johnp3907]

7. Disagree 100%.

[Kingofalldems]

8. Weak.

[Earth-shine]

9. Transparency is best. And Garland is calling Trump out.

[haele]

10. Well, it worked. TFG is turning a 180 about screaming to unseal the warrents.

If TFG really wanted people to know what was on the warrents, he would have released his copy already.
This just shut him up and stopped a lot of the shit-pot-stirring his fellow travellers are doing.

Haele

[bigtree]

12. shocked

[EnergizedLib]

13. Nah

Who cares about impressing critics? I doubt anything we do will be good enough for them.

Also, remember how dirty Barr was? What does playing clean get us?

[budkin]

14. This is concern trolling

Your concern is duly noted… and trashed.

[brush]

21. My thoughts as well. Put trump on the hot seat as often as possible.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

60. I'm noticing a pattern with this gentleman or lady.

[Nixie]

70. Yes

[JHB]

75. You've got their number.

[obamanut2012]

39. Yup

[hlthe2b]

40. I agree totally. Did the poster even WATCH the news conference?

or read any of the context around what has transpired the past few days? HMMM

[Scrivener7]

44. Yep. And not the first time.

[MrsCoffee]

49. riiight?

[betsuni]

56. Yes.

[TwilightZone]

15. Whine when he doesn't do stuff, then whine when he does.

This place can be so predictable.

[LakeArenal]

23. Exactly

[betsuni]

58. +1

[RockRaven]

16. After the FBI being attacked in OH based on lies about the warrant, saying something and

moving to unsealed it is not so much taking sides as it is doing what is in his power to protect his workforce.

[boston bean]

17. Oh gawd please

You have to fight these fascists with everything we got.

They cannot control the narrative pulling this country into the abyss.

We are in the fight for our country.

SPEAK MORE MERRICK. SPEAK MORE!

[Skittles]

18. normally I would agree

but Trump and his sick cult are doing tremendous damage to America, and it is long past time we stopped being polite and CALL THEM OUT

[panader0]

19. The FBI is under threat from TFG cult. Like the guy in Cincinnati today.

There are many of his cult declaring war on the DOJ because of the search of MAL. By calling TFG's
bluff, he is seeking to stop the threats.

[Samrob]

20. It's ok. All Garland said was "Checkmate. Your move." nt

[BannonsLiver]

22. You oppose transparency then.

Which is also something TFG opposes. I sure wouldn’t want to be on the TFG’s side on any issue, but different strokes and all that….

At any rate I’m enjoying the ratio.

[Roland99]

24. JudicialWatch kinda forced his hand too. Heh

Ironic.

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. Seriously?

[NewHendoLib]

26. Huh???? Bad take.

[Phoenix61]

27. Garland responded perfectly.

He tossed the ball back to TFG who is now scrambling trying to figure out what to do.

[NH Ethylene]

28. It is dangerous for a nation that has come so close to being politically toppled by a crazy crowd,

To have Jan 6 type rage boiling up and over, and that is of course, what Trump is trying to accomplish.

What Garland did (hopefully) thwarts this. He looks accommodating, like he wants to clear up confusion over the raid's legitimacy. And if Trump blocks the document release tomorrow, he looks like he is hiding something.

[choie]

29. Huh?

We had a MAGA January 6th freak attempt to breach the FBI building in Cincinnati and you don't think it important that he provide information that explains their actions as it pertains to trump's alleged criminality? He understands all too well what this country is dealing with. Murderers, insurrectionists and traitors.

[Kingofalldems]

30. So Garland should have focused on 'impressing' the MAGAs?

[iemanja]

31. I think it was PERFECT

He’s put Trump in a difficult place by calling his bluff.

[kairos12]

32. Completely wrong.

Garland learned from Mueller. Leave a vacuum, and Chump fills it with nitro.

[sarcasmo]

33. Trump stole nuclear documents, Garland did the right thing.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-sought-nuclear-documents-search-trumps-home-washington-post-2022-08-12/

[ecstatic]

34. I think it was a good thing, but I am slightly irritated that

it seems the only time law enforcement is the most amped up is when they're defending their own or responding to the GOP's demands. Our demands are pretty much ignored. Other than that, I think AGG checkmated tfg. Kudos to him.

[halfulglas]

35. I very much disagree with you.

He wasn't trying to show Trump up. He was doing a verbal jujitsu move. Calmly announcing what was done and taking complete responsibility for it (when did anyone in TFG's administration do that?) and telling him "It's your move."

[BlackSkimmer]

36. I think what he did was a good move. nt

[Raven123]

37. 48 hrs ago, I agreed with you. The GOP exhortation to violence and Trump's call for release

…….changed my mind. If I understand correctly, they went over and above to respect Trump’s right to privacy, only to get death threats and one actual attempted assault in Cincinnati. Garland has done nothing but said ok, to Trump’s request.

[skylucy]

38. Eye roll.

I may have to lose your phone number, Jenny.

[FrankBooth]

41. I'm not at all surprised

That this is your take on things.

[Dorian Gray]

42. Couldn't disagree more

I think that the Right Wing was clamoring for the warrant to be unsealed. He offered them what they want. He called their bluff.

I think he also looks more impartial for it. Opening it up so people can see what it's all about so that they can stop making up stories.

[we can do it]

43. Good gawd nothing is enough 🤦🏼‍♀️

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

45. Nope, Trump pleaded the 5th 440 times, we wanna know more, open the files, you betcha

[emulatorloo]

46. And I can't agree w you. And btw there is a court case requesting the warrant be unsealed.

[stillcool]

47. Only right-wing'ers

are welcome to defend their actions. Everyone else needs to STFU and swallow.

[Demsrule86]

48. Really...well I think you are wrong. A man died today because of the bullshit lies emanting from

Trump and his allies.

[likesmountains 52]

50. Yawn.

[48656c6c6f20]

51. Why would you post such a blatantly wallop of horse urine?

You like stoney silence? Suggestion, try it on for size.

[Thtwudbeme]

52. Oh. Well, call Jenny and complain about it.

nt

[TheBeam19]

62. Ha! Good catch.

[onenote]

53. Was looking for the sarcasm tag.

Because the OP couldn't possibly be serious.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

54. That was

funny. Good one 😂

[DemocratSinceBirth]

55. You should rethink your take.

[FlyingPiggy]

57. Creepy crawlers hide in the dark. We need to shine the light on them.

[NNadir]

59. I can't agree with what you said. n/t.

[msfiddlestix]

61. caught between a rock and a hard place.. he actually had to defend his people

tough choices often times, but in this case, it doesn't matter what he'd done. the reaction would be tailored to fit, and just the same at the end of the day.

[Torchlight]

63. How does Garland asking the court to do what Trump himself publicly requested be done

make Garland look like he's taking sides against Trump?

Please be specific. If possible.








(Below Ground Biological Diversity)

[Celerity]

64. Stoney silence works wonders when you have Rump lying and winding up the nutters to shoot up

FBI offices!




poor post

[inthewind21]

66. Yeah

Because staying silent letting the other side run amok has worked so well thus far.

[zappaman]

67. As my grandmother used to say....

Oh, bless you heart, dear.

[Caliman73]

68. Disagree with you.

Garland is not trying to convince the people who are attacking him. As I said in a thread I started, the people attacking Garland (Trump and supporters) are NOT operating in good faith. They are doing what people often do with government agencies that are typically bound to respect confidentiality. They can attack and smear agencies and the agency cannot really do much to defend itself because sharing information would violate privacy, or put investigations at risk, etc...

As Garland said, DOJ does it's "talking" with legal actions in court. The problem with that is we have an insanely corrupt former politician who has a whole media system backing him, and an entire political party willing to further his corrupt aims Trump and the GOP have been successful at framing the narrative. Garland requesting the unseal the warrant puts Trump in a position where he either has to OBJECT to what he specifically was asking for and complaining about, and look like a complete hypocrite to all but his brain dead followers; OR the warrant is unsealed and everyone interested finds out the process by which the DOJ had their suspicions and what they were looking for. Either way, they will find NO political motivations for the search, simply a boring process. They ONLY way Trump keeps his charade going is if he objects, then continues to whine about "lack of transparency", then it is up to the Democratic Party to shout him down and point out to everyone listening that transparency was his for the asking but he BLOCKED it.

The thing about this situation should actually be that it doesn't matter if this was a Democratic or Republican politician doing this, the process would be the SAME. Thing is, Democratic politicians do not lie, steal stuff, and stonewall like Republicans do. We believe in the law and try to follow it as best we can. That is the difference. This is typically UNNECESSARY with Democrats.

[LiberalFighter]

69. If he had said that he requested it being unsealed without giving TFG option to object.

Sure

[obamanut2012]

71. Ah, a hit and run post

Why no discussion and dialogue, OP?

[mercuryblues]

72. I think it is fucking brilliant

Trump created this spectacle with his demands that the warrant be released, with his followers amplifying that. The thing is trump could have released his copy at any time. Instead, he chose to drum up his cult to make death threats to the judge and attack the FBI.

He backed trump's ass into a corner. Trump never thought that he would release the warrant, so he could use that as an attack point on the FBI, DOJ and judges. trump is on record as demanding the release of the warrant, of which he could have released it at any time. Trump now has a choice, fight the release in court or let the DOJ release it. News reports are also pointing out trump has a copy he can release, why didn't he?

trump and his "crack" team of lawyers are woefully unprepared.

[JCMach1]

73. 100% disagree, address and get in front

Of the news cycle...

Garland finally nailed something.

[GoneOffShore]

74. Nope. Wrong. Same as David Brooks is wrong today.