The Garland apologists

[Budi]

19. Absolutely. Here's a good dive into the Trump/Barr corruption of that Dept.

It's a read only if your interested in the details.
https://file411.substack.com/p/remember-that-time-someone-said-the

Here's a snip for starters:
Senate Judiciary to FBI & DOJ-OIG:.
The sheer number of FBI investigations that failed to comply with the DIOG’s rules suggests a pattern and practice of evading the rules.

In the late summer of 2021 ..a lengthy article about the newly disclosed DOJ practice where they violated the *SIMs (Special Investigative Matters) and under the Trump/Barr DOJ official sought not only gag orders but incredibly invasive subpoenas. You can read more here as I firmly believe and actually stated, the fall out would be catastrophic.

HERE. WE. ARE. Unfortunately exactly where some of us predicated we would be.

Additionally please note this is not a categorical condemnation of the DOJ. This is about “policies and procedures (P&Ps) ” and the FBI and more broadly the DOJ’s departure from long held agency P&Ps.

Snip
"Sometimes facts and the truth can be uncomfortable but I’d rather know both then to be blindsided and I believe that my readers largely share this position.

**Case in point on page 2 of the Senate letter to Director Wray - which reads in part:

"FBI reviewed 353 SIMs—just under half of all such matters that were pending during this 18-month period—and identified 747 violations.
Examples of DIOG requirement violations identified by the audit include the following:

*In 45 investigations, the FBI did not conduct or document a legal review prior to opening a SIM;

*In 40 investigations, the FBI officials who opened a SIM did not obtain approval from the relevant Special Agent in Charge or Assistant Special Agent in Charge;

*In 250 cases—70 percent of those audited—the relevant FBI field office did not notify the relevant U.S. Attorney’s Office within 30 days of opening a SIM, and in 46 cases the FBI field office did not notify FBI headquarters within 15 days of opening a SIM; and

*In dozens of instances, FBI headquarters and/or DOJ were not notified of intrusive investigative steps, such as search warrants and Title III wiretaps.
...Much More...


This is a very deep dive into the how fked up these Dept's have become.
Knowing Biden needed an AG who would 'right that ship'& clear out the corruption, Merrick Garland was indeed the man for the moment.

Trust Joe Biden, 1st.