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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Didn't Merrick Garland Prosecute "Individual One."
Nicolle Wallace just asked that question to Andrew Weissmann, he didn't know why.
Weissmann said that DOJ did absolutely nothing after Garland took over as AG regarding "individual one." Weissmann also said that because Garland did nothing the statute of limitations has expired for some of the crimes Trump committed in the Stormy Daniels payoff. Remember also that Robert Mueller had all of the ducks lined up for Garland.
I have seen a dozen posts here commenting on why Bill Barr didn't prosecute Trump, but I have been the only person asking why Garland didn't?
Wouldn't it make more sense for the Feds to prosecute Trump for campaign finance crimes seeing as he was running for a federal office?
Same thing is going on right now in Michigan because Garland failed to act on Dana Nessel's criminal referral for the fake electors. She had to do the prosecution herself.
Fla Dem
(23,769 posts)Pres Biden has said he does not influence the DOJ,But does that mean there aren't operatives from the administration who had some influence over what was pursued.
getagrip_already
(14,865 posts)More likely it was organic garland backed by doj inertia.
Think. Again.
(8,497 posts)....think he can pick and choose where Justice in America is applied.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,669 posts)Think. Again.
(8,497 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,669 posts)Selective prosecution is about the allocation of resources to cases DOJ has a strong chance of winning, not who the AG personally wants to prosecute.
gab13by13
(21,432 posts)Who is from Der Spiegel, he said what is going on now could never happen in Germany, he said Trump would be in jail by now.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,669 posts)Marcuse
(7,522 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,606 posts)In some countries I'm familiar with the government MUST bring charges if they believe laws have been broken, there's no prosecutorial discretion allowed. Not so in the US.
Think. Again.
(8,497 posts)...when I said garland seems to think he can pick and choose how Justice is applied in America.
chicoescuela
(1,030 posts)Think. Again.
(8,497 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,495 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,154 posts)The reason Obama originally picked him for SCOTUS is because Milquetoast Merrick was seen as being palatable to the right and thus more likely to get confirmed. Plus he has a history with the Federalist Society.
bamagal62
(3,270 posts)Or worried about his family??? It is quite curious.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,669 posts)Which seems to have triggered your urge to post.
For me, I dont feel the need to complain after so much great news in the past couple of weeks.
MOMFUDSKI
(5,697 posts)get go and there is no fixing the damage he has done
Fiendish Thingy
(15,669 posts)Granted, things arent unfolding as fast or in the manner one would hope (which Garland actually had/has minimal control over) but, considering nobody here knew clearly or completely what was happening in the investigations from the get go, that lack of information and lack of understanding is hardly a justification for bashing him.
Think. Again.
(8,497 posts)...on major crimes could be considered "damage".
Traurigkeit
(272 posts)gab13by13
(21,432 posts)For not prosecuting individual one.
Did you miss the part that the inaction allowed Trump to skate on crimes because the statute of limitations expired?
Nicolle and Weissmann didnt bash Garland, they stated facts.
If I had asked why Garland wasnt prosecuting individual one right after Garland took over, I bet people would have told me, we dont know what DOJ is doing, it doesnt leak.
Sky Jewels
(7,154 posts)We were repeatedly assured by DUs Garland apologists that he was secretly playing 3-dimensional chess behind the scenes.
I knew he was going to fuck is over, and he did.
Hes Bidens greatest mistake.
Girard442
(6,086 posts)Emile
(22,995 posts)progressoid
(49,999 posts)Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)A null hypothesis is one that is never in danger of ever being proven true or false.
Still, I suppose he'd have been better than Kavanaugh. Another null hypothesis.
I think the most disappointing aspect of Garland being AG is that he prevented someone else -- anyone else -- from having the job. Can't prove that either.
Celerity
(43,581 posts)Souter was appointed by the older Bush, and moved to the left
Garland may well have moved to the right after Obama nominated him and if he had been approved
jalan48
(13,894 posts)He was the wrong person for the job. Harris would have been an excellent AG for this had she not been selected to be VP.
CaptainTruth
(6,606 posts)Somebody in his office must open the mail & read it.
republianmushroom
(13,722 posts)Remember there was a meeting just hours after Garland was sworn in.
Blue Owl
(50,523 posts)republianmushroom
(13,722 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,437 posts)Because he wanted to let the country heal?
BaronChocula
(1,604 posts)And he got stuck at the bottom.
gab13by13
(21,432 posts)After he picked 2 Trump goons, Weiss and Hur, to investigate him and his son.
pnwmom
(109,000 posts)other cases -- Jan 6 and Mar a Lago.
Goodheart
(5,345 posts)He was not a good choice. The rule of law has been diminished because of him.