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38. Ted Lieu: "Merrick Garland dropped the ball."

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I agree with him.

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Garland has a full page website at Federalist Society. SheltieLover Feb 16 #1

We have to understand our own complicity. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 16 #3

No idea. Maybe deal eps cut? SheltieLover Feb 16 #10

Maybe because for some incomprehensible reason Dem presidents appoint pukes to AG & FBI? SheltieLover Feb 16 #13

Because Democrats are not qualified to be in law enforcement dalton99a Feb 16 #17

Riiiiight. SheltieLover Feb 16 #19

What year did we get the internet? BidenRocks Feb 16 #59

OMG. That's disgusting. Scrivener7 Feb 16 #7

Yup, sure is. SheltieLover Feb 16 #8

And extremely disappointing ... I'll leave it at that. KPN Feb 16 #47

Do you have a URL for that? Disaffected Feb 16 #28

Sorry. It's the Federalist Society. Here is link. SheltieLover Feb 16 #55

We never had control Mr. Evil Feb 16 #52

Ghislaine Maxwell was still being charged. mysteryowl Feb 16 #53

same reason why Obama / Biden let 'em get away with lying their way into a WAR Skittles Feb 16 #2

How were they constrained, IYHO? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 16 #4

they WEREN'T constrained Skittles Feb 16 #48

Epstein was already dead by 2020, and Maxwell's trial was pending. Ocelot II Feb 16 #5

OK, why no action after 2021? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 16 #6

Because her appeal was still pending? Joinfortmill Feb 16 #34

That's not a reason iemanja Feb 16 #61

Ty for clarifying SheltieLover Feb 16 #14

I appreciate this response and I find it accurate kwolf68 Feb 16 #30

Might interfere with pending/future charges/trials Joinfortmill Feb 16 #36

I applaud your calm and cool response BaronChocula Feb 16 #41

Exactly! Ocelot II Feb 16 #43

Thank you! betsuni Feb 16 #49

It didn't have the high profile it does now iemanja Feb 16 #63

Correct EXCEPT BaronChocula Feb 17 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author MichMan Feb 17 #68

The goal of blaming Democrats: they believe in rule of law/the system but the system is irrevocably corrupt betsuni Feb 16 #46

I'm not sure OP was talking about releasing the Maxwell files as much as keeping the issue alive. Ilikepurple Feb 16 #56

TY for posting the actual Legal Aspects Cha Feb 16 #58

They wanted to win on more pressing issues than Epstein, which some felt didn't matter after he got away ... marble falls Feb 16 #9

I am glad that this is a conversation that's happening without being hijacked. It's an important question. Scrivener7 Feb 16 #11

See Ocelot's post 6 above SheltieLover Feb 16 #15

I can think of a few issues Raven123 Feb 16 #12

Your response makes a lot of sense. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 16 #24

What do you mean? tintinvotes Feb 16 #16

I think we ran out of time and, somehow, Trump got elected(?) again. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 16 #20

I don't know why people don't know ... Whiskeytide Feb 16 #23

This is the context I appreciate. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 16 #25

What if Merrick Garland is in the Epstein Files? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 16 #18

If Garland were in the files... sheshe2 Feb 16 #22

That would be too juicy, not to expose. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 16 #26

The Maxwell appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court in 2025. Chemical Bill Feb 16 #21

I guess this is the ultimate takeaway. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 16 #29

And we have, in the past, bent over backward to prevent them from whining. Scrivener7 Feb 17 #76

TBF, they inherited a global crisis and thousands of Americans dying each week. viva la Feb 16 #27

Agree Deminpenn Feb 16 #40

The DOJ was not fighting COVID. We had other governmental departments whose job that was. THIS was the DOJ's job. Scrivener7 Feb 17 #75

My understanding is Presidents stay out of ongoing investigations. Joinfortmill Feb 16 #31

Our side does. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 16 #32

The irony of course is that right wing media (prior to Trump 2.0) progressoid Feb 16 #57

Because in 2020, krasnov was president. niyad Feb 16 #33

Fix to 2021. Thanks. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 16 #35

There were far more pressing things going on in the country, like the pandemic. n/t valleyrogue Feb 16 #37

Ted Lieu: "Merrick Garland dropped the ball." BeyondGeography Feb 16 #38

Impossible! Orrex Feb 16 #44

The important thing is that Garland avoided the appearance of a politcal agenda. Orrex Feb 16 #39

The mistake with Garland was Deminpenn Feb 16 #42

You have to hand it to Garland. AloeVera Feb 16 #62

Exactly iemanja Feb 16 #64

i believe the situation demanded that we do that - we were historically and catastrophically negligent samsingh Feb 16 #45

Perhaps the Intelligence links SamuelTheThird Feb 16 #50

DOJ used to be independent under Biden Johnny2X2X Feb 16 #51

But that leaves the question: knowing what he knew, and he must have known, why did Garland not reveal something Scrivener7 Feb 17 #71

I don't think he knew as much as we think Johnny2X2X Feb 17 #72

They had the Epstein files. He should have known. He should have been briefed on what was in them, and that Scrivener7 Feb 17 #73

It took a literal act of Congress to get it released Johnny2X2X Feb 17 #77

Maxwell's trial didn't end till the end of 2021 zorbasd Feb 16 #54

They did not have to pause iemanja Feb 16 #65

The DOJ was not fighting Covid. The courts and court business continued just as other businesses continued. Scrivener7 Feb 17 #74

Cost of EGGS lrucks1952 Feb 16 #60

What MAGA thought had nothing to do iemanja Feb 16 #66

I ask myself that all the time DET Feb 17 #69

The files were sealed, because of the Maxell conviction and appeal standingtall Feb 17 #70