A question about the Attorney General

[PJMcK]

Does anyone else wonder if AG Garland wishes he never took the job?

The Trump investigations are taking far too long. Now there has to be a Biden investigation. Mr. Garland sure appointed an SC pretty fast compared to Trump. Why is that? Why did it take the DOJ so long to play hardball (such as it was) with Trump?

I’m willing to bet that this overly-cautious man sometimes looks in the mirror and thinks, “What have I gotten myself into?!”

I really wonder if he’s really got the guts— and evidence— to go after Trump and his lieutenants.

[The Magistrate]

2. I Do Question The Man's Intestinal Fortitude, Sir

Fortune favors the bold, they say, and he does not seem a lucky fella....

[agingdem]

16. Trash Garland Tuesday...big surprise...

and nothing says "intestinal fortitude" like rushing (yes, rushing) to indict without enough evidence, and losing at trial because we were impatient and he wanted to make us happy..

DOJ investigations are shrouded in secrecy as they should be...a sitting president fomenting a coup/inciting an insurrection is unprecedented..Garland understands he has one opportunity to indict Trump and the evidence has to be incontrovertible and backed up with applicable laws and statutes...no wiggle room....and because justice is slow moving we wait

[The Magistrate]

18. Ahh, Well...

"Optimists meet frequent disappointment. Pessimists enjoy occasional surprises."

[secondwind]

3. I don't think he's been playing all this time.

Have you read what he’s been doing? He’s got hundreds of detainees, they are being prosecuted, jailed, etc. I think I read that 600 have been prosecuted/jailed so far.

I think he is playing it safe, also. Trump left spies embedded in every corner Of our government.

He’s not sitting on his laurels. He’s moving up the ladder — now he’s dealing with Bannon, etc.

He’ll get to Trump soon enough. And Trump knows that.

[dem4decades]

4. The 600 are nothing, a distraction, a look over there, as nothing was done on those responsible.

[3auld6phart]

7. Yep

Most allof t them are small fish. Who were lucky to get minimum sentences
Hawley, Jordan and a gross of repukes sit in Congress snickering and taunting
Democratic members…

[gab13by13]

12. Brazil arrested 1,000 the first day.

[LakeArenal]

6. I think because this DOJ doesn't leak information,

all sorts of things are thought up about him.

No I don’t think he regrets it.

No I don’t think he’s dragging this out unnecessarily.

No I don’t think trump is going to avoid prosecution.

[fightforfreedom]

8. All speculation.

Fact. The DOJ investigation into J6 is immense in size and scope. Nothing like this has ever happened before.

Only Garland knows why he has not done certain things faster. There may be good reasons. It's all speculation.

[ananda]

9. Evidence is plenty. Guts, I don't know.

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[dlk]

10. My guess is Garland wants to dispose of this matter as quickly as possible

With this issue off the table, a distraction is removed, and everyone’s undivided attention can focus on Trump’s many crimes.

[luv2fly]

11. "Does anyone else wonder if AG Garland wishes he never took the job?"

Only if he reads the incessant armchair-quarterbacking foisted upon his work by all the public "experts."

[gab13by13]

14. Garland has a record to run on to be judged on.

Are we not allowed to criticize decisions he has made?

Was it good for him to only send the Cyber Ninjas a stern letter when this bogus pro-Trump group was given access to ballots, voter information, election equipment and materials, all in violation of federal law? Those items should have remained in the possession of election officials for 22 months. The Cyber Ninja fake company has to this day never been held accountable, because it was fake, only had a mailbox for an office.

Why did he decide to represent Trump (the office) in the E. Jean Carroll defamation law suit? In other words, Garland agreed with Bill Barr that defaming someone was an official duty of the president. Carroll's lawyers appealed and a District judge ruled that defaming someone is not an official duty. Trump lawyers then appealed and the case sits at the Appeals court soon to be decided.

I will say this, Merrick Garland would have made a fantastic Supreme Court justice. Mike Lee of Utah also thinks so, he recommended Garland to President Obama.

[luv2fly]

19. As evidenced by all the public haranguing, of course people are allowed

Just as I am allowed to be annoyed by the neverending drone of some who don't approve of the man's work.

Oh, and good questions for MG and the man who appointed him, you may want to ask them.

[brooklynite]

13. I don't think that at all

I think he's working methodically, and isn't worried about the political implications or the angry rants from the armchair prosecutors.

[gab13by13]

15. Did you think about typing "angry rants?"

My criticism of Garland means absolutely nothing, but when I hear distinguished experts criticizing him I pay attention, and their criticism doesn't strike me as angry rants but as serious observations.

The volume of evidence that I have seen leads me to believe that Garland waited way too long "to investigate Trump and his inner circle.

DOJ does not leak but we find out from other sources.

If Garland decides to indict Trump, a Trump trial will never happen before 2026. Democrats had better win the presidency in 2024 and 2028.

Go Fani.

[Silent3]

17. "Methodically"