Attorney General Garland makes surprise visit to Ukraine
Source: NBC News
WASHINGTON Attorney General Merrick Garland made an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Friday, a Department of Justice official said.
Garland visited the city of Lviv, the largest city in the western part of the country, at the invitation of Ukraine's prosecutor general to join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and international partners at the United for Justice Conference," the DOJ official said.
The attorney general held several meetings and "reaffirmed our determination to hold Russia accountable for crimes committed in its unjust and unprovoked invasion against its sovereign neighbor," the official added.
The trip was not previously announced for security reasons and it's unclear how Garland entered and exited Ukraine and how long he was there. Garland also made a surprise visit to the country in June 2022, just a few months after the war began.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/attorney-general-garland-makes-surprise-visit-ukraine-rcna73339?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
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yaesu
(8,082 posts)RussBLib
(9,606 posts)Why does Garland need to go to Ukraine? Is something else happening under the radar?
Ok, 2 questions.
PlutosHeart
(1,445 posts)ananda
(30,349 posts)...
question.
markodochartaigh
(1,877 posts)perhaps from what is now Ukrainian land. There is a long history of high-level US officials whose ancestors came from an area to put in an appearance when there are major problems in that area. That might be reason enough.
RussBLib
(9,606 posts)Thank you. So many present-day Americans with Ukrainian roots. The US really is a melting pot, and I'm sure the white supremacists/Nazis and Fascists here hate it. Tough shit.
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in2herbs
(3,051 posts)in the J6 matter accountable.
Beastly Boy
(10,973 posts)I fully expected to see at least one "but what about" post in response. It didn't matter what the OP was about.
And I wasn't disappointed. I am sure there will be more.
DarthDem
(5,346 posts)Two more below you.
Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)japple
(10,267 posts)crow. My best guess is to serve it like doves or quail, except that crows are much larger and probably a lot tougher.
ancianita
(38,058 posts)Cha
(304,152 posts)For me.. I am Grateful Ag Garland went to Ukraine!
SledDriver
(2,077 posts)Might as well take some time off from not holding anyone accountable over here to meander around over there mumbling "no one is above the law". I just hope he didn't get in the way. Ukraine is a little busy at the moment.
ancianita
(38,058 posts)Read it. And while you're at it, read the rest of the DOJ news page, maybe daily -- justice.gov -- and see how damn much he does do.
Cha
(304,152 posts)Everything AG Garland is doing.
ETA to add "Everything".
News Junkie
(312 posts)Your work is here.
Beastly Boy
(10,973 posts)Did you know Garland can walk and chew gum at the same time?
Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)Cha
(304,152 posts)and dt are doing.
ETA~ As far as their "snickering" goes.
Beastly Boy
(10,973 posts)Yours and mine.
Cha
(304,152 posts)Beastly Boy
(10,973 posts)in a war zone to address war crimes, no?
Cha
(304,152 posts)Garland went to the Conference to address War Crimes in Ukraine!
Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)I reject your judgment of me.
Beastly Boy
(10,973 posts)And I reject your rejection. That makes us even, no?
Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)This is where I get off.
You will be on my ignore list in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Click.
Beastly Boy
(10,973 posts)It has been my lifelong ambition to get on your ignore list!
Cha
(304,152 posts)iemanja
(54,465 posts)If not, the US has no part in the jurisdiction over war crimes outside its own borders.
summer_in_TX
(3,102 posts)to the International Criminal Court, the probable outcome will be the establishment of a special tribunal like at Nuremberg. At least, that's part of the current discussion.
iemanja
(54,465 posts)Good point.