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28. Excellent summary.

I thought Garland was the wrong person for the job when Biden nominated him, and I still do. That doesn’t mean that I think he is incompetent, but he is a traditionalist schooled in the past when there was no 24/7 news cycle and when being media savvy was not so important for prosecutors. I know that one of Garland’s successful prosecutions was the Oklahoma bombing by Timothy McVeigh, but let’s look at that timeline. The bombing happened on April 19, 1995. McVeigh was indicted on August 10, 1995–just four months later. And yes there were fewer people to investigate in that crime, but the investigation and indictment were carried out swiftly.

It has now been more than 13 months since Trump encouraged an insurrection on national television for all the world to see. There is no evidence whatsoever that the DOJ is investigating anyone but the foot soldiers who were on video committing crimes. No leaks, no members of Congress hinting at an investigation, nothing. Meanwhile, the lack of any action outside the J6 Committee, which Republicans have repeatedly labeled as a partisan witch hunt, has freed Republicans to believe there will be no repercussions for January 6, and the DOJ is not providing any indication that they are wrong. As a result, Republicans are free to claim in their reelection campaigns that if there was anything serious about the January 6 “patriot trip” to the Capitol, the DOJ would have done something by now. And DOJ rules prevent any public announcements 90 days prior to an election, so nothing would be made public after July—only five short months away. I hope I’m wrong, but I have doubts that the DOJ is doing anything at all about the J6 instigators at the top. I respect that lots of people here do have faith that Garland is investigating. I truly hope they’re right and I’m wrong.