Merrick Garland was complicit.

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20. These posts are unconvincing and carry no special weight with me

Especially Empty Wheel. So Garland did some stuff (much of it untimely and he also set Joe up with the Hur bullshit. So what? I presume he watched the insurrection on live TV like the rest of us. An intelligent person doesn’t start from the bottom up, but cuts the head off the snake. Peru can do it. Brazil can. South Korea, too. Tons of experts agree. Just type “Merrick Garland weak” into your browser search engine. Here’s a sampling:

The Hill
https://thehill.com › opinion › judiciary › 4054455-the-utter-failure-of-merrick-garland
The utter failure of Merrick Garland - The Hill
Jun 17, 2023The failure of Merrick Garland is becoming more and more evident by the day. The public continues to distrust the Department, and his assurances of fair dealing have been overwhelmingly rejected ...

The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com › article › 179106 › merrick-garland-hur-report-biden
Merrick Garland Is Too Weak to Be Attorney General
Feb 17, 2024When Merrick Garland was sworn in as attorney general in March 2021, he promised to restore the Justice Department's reputation after it was left tainted by the corruptions of William Barr,

AP News
https://apnews.com › article › merrick-garland-attorney-general-justice-department-trump-60c88659f66e25605459f1ebb2689c35
Merrick Garland exits with his record under scrutiny and the Justice ...
"Merrick Garland has not, I think, been a very effective public defender of the integrity and impartiality of the Department of Justice," Andrew Kent, a Fordham University law school professor, said in an email. Given the issues the department faced, Garland needed "to explain to the public more frequently and more specifically how the ...

The Bulwark
https://www.thebulwark.com › p › merrick-garland-and-the-logic-of
Merrick Garland and the Logic of Failure
Jan 15, 2025Garland's DoJ prosecuted Donald Trump in two separate cases; neither was brought to fruition; Trump was then elected president. If one of the stated goals of the Department of Justice is to uphold the rule of law and one of the unstated goals is to prevent criminals from becoming the chief executor of the law, then yeah: Garland might be the ...

The Nation
https://www.thenation.com › article › politics › the-country-is-paying-for-garlands-timidity-toward-trump
The Country Is Paying for Merrick Garland's Failure to Prosecute Trump
Merrick Garland either knows all this, or he is a drooling fool. And I don't think he's a fool. Indeed, when this all comes to naught, when Trump strides across the stage at the Republican ...

POLITICO
https://www.politico.com › news › 2024 › 02 › 09 › white-house-frustration-with-garland-grows-00140813
White House frustration with Garland grows - POLITICO
Feb 9, 2024Joe Biden has told aides and outside advisers that Attorney General Merrick Garland did not do enough to rein in a special counsel report stating that the president had diminished mental faculties ...

The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com › newsletters › archive › 2021 › 11 › why-isnt-merrick-garland-locking-them-up › 676703
Why Isn't Merrick Garland Locking Them Up? - The Atlantic
Merrick Garland has gone from a beloved almost-Supreme Court justice to an annoying speed bump who seems unwilling to stand up for democracy and the rule of law. Maybe Garland thinks that ...

POLITICO
https://www.politico.com › news › 2022 › 01 › 04 › ruben-gallego-merrick-garland-capitol-attack-526480
Gallego: Garland 'extremely weak' on Jan. 6 cases - POLITICO
Jan 5, 2022"I think Merrick Garland has been extremely weak, and I think there should be a lot more of the organizers of Jan. 6 that should be arrested by now," Gallego said in an interview on CNN.

POLITICO
https://www.politico.com › news › 2024 › 06 › 04 › merrick-garland-testify-congress-washington-00161657
Merrick Garland was Biden's consensus pick. Now everyone hates him.
Jun 5, 2024Merrick Garland has staked his career at the Department of Justice on being an independent attorney general. He has tapped three special counsels to investigate President Joe Biden — the man who ...

Slate Magazine
https://slate.com › news-and-politics › 2016 › 03 › why-merrick-garland-was-a-bad-choice-despite-his-merit.html
Why Merrick Garland was a bad choice despite his merit. - Slate Magazine
The Breakfast Table Why Merrick Garland was a bad choice despite his merit. Entry 6: OK, Garland is an amazingly qualified, brilliant judge. He's still a bad choice.

And besides, I took issue with your CHEAP SHOT that the OP lacks critical thinking skills. I respect you for your opinion on Garland, but that crack was out of line. Ridicule is trolling. Have a nice evening.