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Beastly Boy

(13,283 posts)
14. He certainly did!
Tue Aug 1, 2023, 10:37 PM
Aug 2023

Garland was sworn in on 3/11, 2021 (https://www.justice.gov/ag/bio/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland)

By April 16, a mere 36 days after him taking office, DOJ reported:

Arrests made: Over 410 defendants have been arrested in at least 45 states (this includes those charged in both District and Superior Court).

This works out to be an average of more than four defendants arrested every single day, including weekends, since January 6th.

Criminal charges:

Over 100 defendants have been charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers or employees, including more than 35 that have been charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon.
Approximately 140 police officers were assaulted January 6th at the Capitol including about 80 U.S. Capitol Police and about 60 from the Metropolitan Police Department.

Over 350 defendants have been charged with entering or remaining in a restricted federal building or grounds.
Over 35 defendants have been charged with entering the Capitol with a dangerous or deadly weapon.
Over 25 defendants have been charged with destruction of government property and 15 other defendants have been charged with theft of government property.
Over 160 defendants have been charged with corruptly obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding, or attempting to do so.
About 30 defendants have been charged with conspiracy, either:

(a) conspiracy to obstruct a congressional proceeding,
(b) conspiracy to obstruct law enforcement during a civil disorder,
(c) conspiracy to injury an officer, or (d) some combination of the three.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-investigation-resource-page/100-days-january-6th-attack-capitol

Is it your opinion that he should have started 36 days BEFORE he took office?

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I'm angry. He should have acted with much more urgency, IMO. Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #1
bahahaha--this time table is perfect Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #2
It does, but he didn't start on the process right away. Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #3
He certainly did! Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #14
Mahalo for these FACTS about AG Garland, Cha Aug 2023 #19
I am just tired of spoon feeding the facts over and over again, despite them being freely available Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #24
No worries.. I cheered up when Cha Aug 2023 #25
. Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #26
Fact: He did not go after Trump Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #56
that is typically how these cases work Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #66
Mahalo, RG! Cha Aug 2023 #74
Time was of the essence. He could have pursued the big guys and the little guys Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #75
I disagree that he needed to go after Trump right away Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #76
"Highly partisan"?! Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #78
no--just that I won't look to him for reasoned approach to this legal issue Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #79
"Garland had to be pressured appointing Jack Smith!" MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2023 #81
Well, Garland did not have your superior wnylib Aug 2023 #89
Nice! Joinfortmill Aug 2023 #21
Thank you for sharing your work - again! pazzyanne Aug 2023 #35
hahaha! great info Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #37
He did not need to get all of the small guys first. Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #63
Considering what you know vs what The AG Garland knows Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #64
You speak with such authority and certainty wnylib Aug 2023 #90
He was going after the small potatoes. Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #54
I think timing is important but not in the way you are believing Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #65
+1000 Duppers Aug 2023 #41
You're right.. "Perfect Timing"!! Cha Aug 2023 #7
It will not be 'perfect timing' if the trial gets spun out past the election and Trump wins Celerity Aug 2023 #15
i was watching that too orleans Aug 2023 #39
here is the video Celerity Aug 2023 #94
thank you for this orleans Aug 2023 #95
WHAT? MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2023 #80
Bravo inthewind21 Aug 2023 #84
egggxzactly. pundits don't get paid to say Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #85
Yeah, no one is perfect.. not even Prof Tribe. Cha Aug 2023 #93
you make incorrect positings and walk past the main point Celerity Aug 2023 #91
Too bad.. AG Garland Got the Job done with Cha Aug 2023 #6
And thats the key jcgoldie Aug 2023 #8
+ 1 nt pazzyanne Aug 2023 #36
Yep canetoad Aug 2023 #40
Right there MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2023 #82
Thank you, MorbidButterfly.. Cha Aug 2023 #83
Well said! lees1975 Aug 2023 #28
there are undoubtedly a lot of reasons they waited to do so Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #38
Let the leaders do their jobs? lees1975 Aug 2023 #77
if it makes you feel better that this lifetime professional had to be Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #87
I know more than professionals! I am counting and stamping my feet we can do it Aug 2023 #73
I never doubted AG Garland Cha Aug 2023 #4
yay!!! I am kind of in a haze about today's Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #5
Yeah, I'm in a haze of happiness, too.. Cha Aug 2023 #9
I am grateful. summer_in_TX Aug 2023 #10
I bet you we will be able to keep him from office even if Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #11
Thank you, Jack Smith Silent3 Aug 2023 #12
it is thoughts like this that made me post what I did Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #13
He eventually gets around to getting results... Silent3 Aug 2023 #16
This is ridiculous. Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #22
Where's your evidence? Silent3 Aug 2023 #30
My evidence for what? That you have no evidence? Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #42
800 indictments not-of-Trump is not evidence of any sort... Silent3 Aug 2023 #44
800 indictments of not Trump is certainly evidence, unless you are stubbornly determined Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #45
The indictments filed today were not all all built on the street-rabble indictments n/t Silent3 Aug 2023 #46
Who said they were? Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #47
My complaint about Garland and the DoJ is that they weren't working hard enough... Silent3 Aug 2023 #48
So you have complaints, not facts. That's rich. Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #49
It is not truth of anything regarding work done to go after the big fish Silent3 Aug 2023 #50
Ok, let me quote you. Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #51
Geez, even right there in what you quoted back from me... Silent3 Aug 2023 #52
So, in your awkwardly constructed sentence, you DO, ever so evasively, give DOJ credit Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #53
I'm not here to praise the DoJ for simply doing their job, but if it makes you feel better... Silent3 Aug 2023 #58
You really seem upset that people are happy Trump was indicted AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2023 #60
I'm happy Trump has been indicted Silent3 Aug 2023 #69
Interesting you skipped right past the whole "trial" part of our toothless justice system AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2023 #71
What makes me feel better is Garlands exemplary and undeniable accomplishments as AG Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #68
You have no facts to back your position either. Silent3 Aug 2023 #70
Oh please! I gave you a shitload of facts, complete with links! Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #72
Hmmm... Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #92
Exactly. He went after the low-hanging fruit, Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #55
Thank you, Silent3 Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #57
actually, quite the opposite Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #67
This is a thank you Garland thread. Not a meh Garland thread. Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #17
I'll comment as I like, where I like n/t Silent3 Aug 2023 #18
And I will demonstrate how poor your choices are, wherever and whenever you choose to comment. Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #23
Post removed Post removed Aug 2023 #29
In a thank you Garland thread it certainly is. Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #43
thank you for keeping this Garland appreciation thread kicked Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #31
If having this sycophantic thread kicked thrills you so much... Silent3 Aug 2023 #32
this is the appropriate type of content on Democratic site Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #34
For something you don't care about it you're certainly posting a lot AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2023 #59
I didn't say I don't care about the SUBJECT of the thread Silent3 Aug 2023 #62
Ok, real good, then. MineralMan Aug 2023 #61
Me either. Always felt Joe & Merrick had a meeting of the minds Joinfortmill Aug 2023 #20
Don't you know that Mitch McConnell is kicking himself right now... lees1975 Aug 2023 #27
lets put it this way Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #33
That's it, right there. MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2023 #86
I thank AG Garland, too. MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2023 #88
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