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In reply to the discussion: Anyone calling for the replacement of Garland are playing into the hands of Trump's defenders [View all]gab13by13
(32,957 posts)I haven't seen anyone here at DU call for him to be replaced but I'm sure there were a few.
The problem is that people who worked over 20 years in the justice department, like Andrew Weissmann, stated that he takes no pleasure in criticizing his former workplace, but the fact of the matter is that in his attempt to show he was not partisan, Garland became partisan by showing his appeasement to Trump. Weissmann used the word appeasement. He also said it is foolish to think that we are at the same place today even though DOJ waited over a year to investigate.
People like Weissmann and Katyal agree that TIME MATTERS in prosecuting Trump. It is doubtful that we will have a DOJ Trump trial before the election because Garland waited to act.
Merrick Garland is a good man but his pyramid strategy was a huge mistake.
As a matter of fact, the Michigan AG has opened up a fake elector investigation because DOJ ignored her criminal referral.