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In reply to the discussion: The Garland apologists [View all]TheBlackAdder
(29,981 posts)4. Ex-Prosecutor suspects DOJ isn't working with Congress because they are 'compromised'
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Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner agreed but said one reason for it might be that members of Congress have criminal exposure or culpability for Jan. 6. He specifically cited the reconnaissance tours at least one member said she witnessed a GOP colleague giving. There was a near obsession about where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was during the Jan. 6 proceedings, as the rioters were searching for her. He also cited "giving aid and comfort to the insurrection," and other things that can be linked to the GOP.
His comments come after former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi noted that his sources seem to indicate there are things going on behind the scenes. Those sources are telling him to give them time, assuring him that they're doing their jobs.
"It is everyone's question, 'why,'" Figliuzzi explained. "You know where I am on this. I have seen indications that something is happening. I don't see evidence of coordination and I get worried that the committee is in front of DOJ and doing things that they might like and then people telling me who I trust [to] calm down. 'Calm down. Give us space. We are doing our job.' So, I think DOJ is paying close attention and further, I think they have a strategy here and I still hold out hope that they're going to put the name Donald J. Trump in the subject line of a federal investigation."
Fellow former prosecutor Barb McQuade agreed, saying that judges don't generally make statements without facts to back them up. If that is the case, the DOJ is already on it, she thinks.
https://www.rawstory.com/republican-congress-compromised-january-6/
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Thank you. Garland's inaction will be Biden's downfall. When the base isn't energized, elections
dem4decades
Mar 2022
#6
A base that needs to be energized in order to elect Democrats instead of Republican traitors isn't
Demsrule86
Mar 2022
#20
The "base" helped get trump elected when they weren't energized enough to vote in 2016
Hoyt
Mar 2022
#40
I'll trust Biden more than a bunch of people typing in little white boxes, including me.
Hoyt
Mar 2022
#42
Honestly, and I'll be bashed, but think a lot of poor polls is we're spending too much time going
Hoyt
Mar 2022
#61
I think Bragg has done worse than Jack shit, if I'm up to date on his decision to shut down
msfiddlestix
Mar 2022
#72
I remember how well they insulated reagan for Iran-Contra. Proving guilt was harder than
L. Coyote
Mar 2022
#17
Since you are apparently imminiently knowledgable about Bragg's Department, did he ever find
Hoyt
Mar 2022
#43
The main (ex) prosecutors from the case disagree, & they ARE eminently (imminently is the wrong word
Celerity
Mar 2022
#47
Pomerantz was relatively low level - new hire for trump investigation - not head of the DA's office.
Hoyt
Mar 2022
#49
He was like Mueller, guy with nothing to do looking for one last big payday before moving to Florida
Hoyt
Mar 2022
#52
LOL, ridiculous. Which is it? First you said (falsely) he was some low level nobody, NOW you are
Celerity
Mar 2022
#54
He's 70 years old Celerity. Christ, it's not like he's trying to advance his career.
Hoyt
Mar 2022
#55
Oh, now we have the ageist card played, with the added bonus of repeatedly questioning his motives
Celerity
Mar 2022
#56
Ex-Prosecutor suspects DOJ isn't working with Congress because they are 'compromised'
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2022
#4
Thanks. And btw, It took Tom Perez and Eric Holder several years to undo the damage W did to ....
Budi
Mar 2022
#29
Since you view AG's conduct (or really, the lack of public information about his conduct) as neglect
Fiendish Thingy
Mar 2022
#11
I have no idea what may or may not be going on at the DOJ, and I'm not even going to try to guess.
ShazzieB
Mar 2022
#21
I'm still hoping maybe Garland will time it right to make maximum R damage for the midterms
dsp3000
Mar 2022
#38
I agree with that. However, not sure that's best way to introduce yourself here. Good luck.
Hoyt
Mar 2022
#66
I would agree until I saw J6 congressional leaders calling on the DOJ to do something.
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#70