Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Donald Trump?

[Lastamender]

In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.

Monday night, Merrick Garland’s Justice Department shocked a lot of people by filing a brief in federal court effectively shielding Donald Trump from justice in a defamation suit over credible allegations that Trump may have raped writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s. Bill Barr, Trump’s attorney general, had come up with the argument that as a federal employee, Trump could not be sued for defamation. Observers had widely expected Biden’s department to reject that claim, so the announcement left Carroll’s lawyers and many observers slack-jawed.

It shouldn’t have. On several key matters, Garland’s DOJ has concealed the full extent of Trump’s wrongdoing; it has kept thousands of immigrants from obtaining green cards, while flooding the immigration system with Trump-selected judges; expanded the scope of police power; ensured oil and gas profits for decades to come; and explicitly protected one of Trump’s most hated Cabinet secretaries from accountability. Indeed, Garland has quietly emerged as Donald Trump’s unwitting hatchet man, doing almost everything in his power to protect the lawless former president’s legacy.

On May 24, Garland committed the DOJ to keep much of the so-called “Barr memo”—through which Garland’s predecessor almost unilaterally decided that no part of the Mueller probe would result in criminal charges—secret. Even Trump enemies who scoffed at the Russia probe should be disturbed by Garland’s other decisions, though. He has committed the DOJ to defending a Trump-era policy slashing the number of legal immigrants who qualify for green cards. He’s hiring dozens of new immigration court judges who received their initial offers during the Trump era, and codified Trump-era rules restricting immigrants’ options to prevent their own deportations. Garland’s Civil Rights Division also remains perilously understaffed, enormously hampering its ability to conduct oversight of municipal police departments. It also pursued private chat logs between government employees and reporters, a censorious case that began in the last 15 days of the Trump administration.

Much more...

Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Donald Trump?

In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.

newrepublic.com

I'm coming to the conclusion that Garland may be a worthless slug on the order of Bill Barr. What do you think?

I agree in principle, but doubt he will turn out as bad as Billy Barr. That's a pretty low barr to get down to.

You are finally right about something, an AG that did not investigate obvious fraud is as low as you can get.

 

[White 6]

Most of the time the accused in a defamation suit is merely defended by council. According to left wing dogma the former president is being "shielded from justice". Can you guess where this post is headed?

Why should taxpayers pay for Trump's defense in a rape case?

Taxpayers defended Clinton and NY taxpayers are paying for NY Governor Cuomo's defense in alleged sexual abuse charges. Former president Trump is no different.

Which Clinton?

Clintons Owe $4M In Legal Fees

Previous Legal Defense Fund Pays Out $7.4 Million

www.cbsnews.com

As for Cuomo, the asshole is defending actions and directives made for the public, so I understand why the people are on the hook for both sides of that thing. Hope they find a way to punish his stupidity.

Donny needs to pay for his own rape defense. Big difference.

 

[Nostra]

The one guy with the most incentive to nail Trump sez "Nothing to see here"..............and the Dimtard OP is triggered into thinking he is in the tank for Trump.

This is how deranged today's Bidenista Cultists are.

 

[whitehall]

Most of the time the accused in a defamation suit is merely defended by council. According to left wing dogma the former president is being "shielded from justice". Can you guess where this post is headed?

Why should taxpayers pay for Trump's defense in a rape case?

Taxpayers defended Clinton and NY taxpayers are paying for NY Governor Cuomo's defense in alleged sexual abuse charges. Former president Trump is no different.

Which Clinton?

Clintons Owe $4M In Legal Fees

Previous Legal Defense Fund Pays Out $7.4 Million

www.cbsnews.com

As for Cuomo, the asshole is defending actions and directives made for the public, so I understand why the people are on the hook for both sides of that thing. Hope they find a way to punish his stupidity.

Donny needs to pay for his own rape defense. Big difference.

Which Clinton? My guess is that Mexican citizens and the family of at least one Border Patrol agent don't have the heart or the support to sue the Hussein administration for their gun running mess of "op/Fast Furious" but Barry would be defended by the best and brightest at no cost. Going after a former administration is Banana Republic politics and democrats, with their minions in the media, are the best at it. Hatred is a strong emotion. In a just world the media might push for an indictment for Cuomo's criminal negligence for the deaths of 10,000 nursing home patients but it seems that that ain't gonna happen.

 

[Oddball]

In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.

Monday night, Merrick Garland’s Justice Department shocked a lot of people by filing a brief in federal court effectively shielding Donald Trump from justice in a defamation suit over credible allegations that Trump may have raped writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s. Bill Barr, Trump’s attorney general, had come up with the argument that as a federal employee, Trump could not be sued for defamation. Observers had widely expected Biden’s department to reject that claim, so the announcement left Carroll’s lawyers and many observers slack-jawed.

It shouldn’t have. On several key matters, Garland’s DOJ has concealed the full extent of Trump’s wrongdoing; it has kept thousands of immigrants from obtaining green cards, while flooding the immigration system with Trump-selected judges; expanded the scope of police power; ensured oil and gas profits for decades to come; and explicitly protected one of Trump’s most hated Cabinet secretaries from accountability. Indeed, Garland has quietly emerged as Donald Trump’s unwitting hatchet man, doing almost everything in his power to protect the lawless former president’s legacy.

On May 24, Garland committed the DOJ to keep much of the so-called “Barr memo”—through which Garland’s predecessor almost unilaterally decided that no part of the Mueller probe would result in criminal charges—secret. Even Trump enemies who scoffed at the Russia probe should be disturbed by Garland’s other decisions, though. He has committed the DOJ to defending a Trump-era policy slashing the number of legal immigrants who qualify for green cards. He’s hiring dozens of new immigration court judges who received their initial offers during the Trump era, and codified Trump-era rules restricting immigrants’ options to prevent their own deportations. Garland’s Civil Rights Division also remains perilously understaffed, enormously hampering its ability to conduct oversight of municipal police departments. It also pursued private chat logs between government employees and reporters, a censorious case that began in the last 15 days of the Trump administration.

Much more...

Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Donald Trump?

In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.

newrepublic.com

I'm coming to the conclusion that Garland may be a worthless slug on the order of Bill Barr. What do you think?

Biden can't fire Garland.

Garland gave up a LIFETIME appointment as a federal judge for the AG gig. Firing him after such a short tenure would piss Mr. Garland off royally.

I could see Garland switching sides if he got thrown overboard by Sleepy Joe, he knows where Biden's bodies are buried.

Why would Biden risk that?

Garland realizes that the inquisition against Trump is a fool's errand, there is no reason for him to risk his ass for Biden.

Xiden isn't in charge of shit.

What we have now is every bureaucratic oligarch for themselves....Gonna be a rough ride, the next few years.

 

[Oddball]

The one guy with the most incentive to nail Trump sez "Nothing to see here"..............and the Dimtard OP is triggered into thinking he is in the tank for Trump.

This is how deranged today's Bidenista Cultists are.

It's Dorkhota...Derangement comes with the package.

 

[Concerned American]

In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.

Monday night, Merrick Garland’s Justice Department shocked a lot of people by filing a brief in federal court effectively shielding Donald Trump from justice in a defamation suit over credible allegations that Trump may have raped writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s. Bill Barr, Trump’s attorney general, had come up with the argument that as a federal employee, Trump could not be sued for defamation. Observers had widely expected Biden’s department to reject that claim, so the announcement left Carroll’s lawyers and many observers slack-jawed.

It shouldn’t have. On several key matters, Garland’s DOJ has concealed the full extent of Trump’s wrongdoing; it has kept thousands of immigrants from obtaining green cards, while flooding the immigration system with Trump-selected judges; expanded the scope of police power; ensured oil and gas profits for decades to come; and explicitly protected one of Trump’s most hated Cabinet secretaries from accountability. Indeed, Garland has quietly emerged as Donald Trump’s unwitting hatchet man, doing almost everything in his power to protect the lawless former president’s legacy.

On May 24, Garland committed the DOJ to keep much of the so-called “Barr memo”—through which Garland’s predecessor almost unilaterally decided that no part of the Mueller probe would result in criminal charges—secret. Even Trump enemies who scoffed at the Russia probe should be disturbed by Garland’s other decisions, though. He has committed the DOJ to defending a Trump-era policy slashing the number of legal immigrants who qualify for green cards. He’s hiring dozens of new immigration court judges who received their initial offers during the Trump era, and codified Trump-era rules restricting immigrants’ options to prevent their own deportations. Garland’s Civil Rights Division also remains perilously understaffed, enormously hampering its ability to conduct oversight of municipal police departments. It also pursued private chat logs between government employees and reporters, a censorious case that began in the last 15 days of the Trump administration.

Much more...

Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Donald Trump?

In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.

newrepublic.com

I'm coming to the conclusion that Garland may be a worthless slug on the order of Bill Barr. What do you think?

He's your guy. You don't want justice, just a pound of flesh. Life must be terrible for a hateful bastard such as yourself.

 

[Concerned American]

raring to neutralize his influence on society,

Are you kidding me? Is that what you think an AG's job is? To neutralize a former POTUS's influence on society? I'm sure glad your ignorant ass doesn't run anything. Maybe you ought to bone up on what the AG's job is. Organization, Mission & Functions Manual: Attorney General, Deputy and Associate Moron, SMH

 

[White 6]

Most of the time the accused in a defamation suit is merely defended by council. According to left wing dogma the former president is being "shielded from justice". Can you guess where this post is headed?

Why should taxpayers pay for Trump's defense in a rape case?

Taxpayers defended Clinton and NY taxpayers are paying for NY Governor Cuomo's defense in alleged sexual abuse charges. Former president Trump is no different.

Which Clinton?

Clintons Owe $4M In Legal Fees

Previous Legal Defense Fund Pays Out $7.4 Million

www.cbsnews.com

As for Cuomo, the asshole is defending actions and directives made for the public, so I understand why the people are on the hook for both sides of that thing. Hope they find a way to punish his stupidity.

Donny needs to pay for his own rape defense. Big difference.

Which Clinton? My guess is that Mexican citizens and the family of at least one Border Patrol agent don't have the heart or the support to sue the Hussein administration for their gun running mess of "op/Fast Furious" but Barry would be defended by the best and brightest at no cost. Going after a former administration is Banana Republic politics and democrats, with their minions in the media, are the best at it. Hatred is a strong emotion. In a just world the media might push for an indictment for Cuomo's criminal negligence for the deaths of 10,000 nursing home patients but it seems that that ain't gonna happen.

Going after them in a lawsuit, seeking money to recompense for harm due to official actions taken while in office, will find you fighting the government every time. Prosecuting them for illegal activities might work, if you can prove it, and you will be undoubtable fighting government paid legal teams again. Not sure how the criminal negligence thing might work out, though I certainly think he was a negligent son-of-a-bitch. That is just my opinion, and I will not be on a New York Jury.

 

[Lakhota]

Why the Hell Is Bidenâs Justice Department Defending Donald Trump?

It’s becoming a (bizarre) pattern.

www.vanityfair.com

I agree! Why?

 

[Lakhota]

White House Distances Itself From DOJâs Trump Defense As Biden Breaks With His Justice Department â Again

The White House has now issued three statements in recent days clarifying it doesn’t back the actions of its own Justice Department.

www.forbes.com

Maybe Biden needs to have a little talk with Garland. Like a trip to the woodshed...

 

[Oddball]

White House Distances Itself From DOJâs Trump Defense As Biden Breaks With His Justice Department â Again

The White House has now issued three statements in recent days clarifying it doesn’t back the actions of its own Justice Department.

www.forbes.com

Maybe Biden needs to have a little talk with Garland. Like a trip to the woodshed...

The only trip Xiden is making is to the early bird special at the Old Country Buffet....Mebby he can get Garland to fetch him some tapioca pudding.

 

[Polishprince]

Why the Hell Is Bidenâs Justice Department Defending Donald Trump?

It’s becoming a (bizarre) pattern.

www.vanityfair.com

I agree! Why?

Garland is Biden's Hand Picked AG, he's protecting his benefactor.

If he were to try and pull some legal shenanigans, it could easily backfire and get Sleepy Joe and maybe even himself into legal hot water with that kind of precedent.

 

[Polishprince]

White House Distances Itself From DOJâs Trump Defense As Biden Breaks With His Justice Department â Again

The White House has now issued three statements in recent days clarifying it doesn’t back the actions of its own Justice Department.

www.forbes.com

Maybe Biden needs to have a little talk with Garland. Like a trip to the woodshed...

Not that likely Biden isn't going to fire his Hand Picked AG, especially one who gave up his profitable lifetime appointment to the bench to serve him.

 

[Lakhota]

White House Distances Itself From DOJâs Trump Defense As Biden Breaks With His Justice Department â Again

The White House has now issued three statements in recent days clarifying it doesn’t back the actions of its own Justice Department.

www.forbes.com

Maybe Biden needs to have a little talk with Garland. Like a trip to the woodshed...

Not that likely Biden isn't going to fire his Hand Picked AG, especially one who gave up his profitable lifetime appointment to the bench to serve him.

White House Distances Itself From DOJâs Trump Defense As Biden Breaks With His Justice Department â Again

The White House has now issued three statements in recent days clarifying it doesn’t back the actions of its own Justice Department.

www.forbes.com

Maybe Biden needs to have a little talk with Garland. Like a trip to the woodshed...

Not that likely Biden isn't going to fire his Hand Picked AG, especially one who gave up his profitable lifetime appointment to the bench to serve him.

Who said anything about firing him? Biden has many ways to get Garland's attention...

 

[OKTexas]

In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.

Monday night, Merrick Garland’s Justice Department shocked a lot of people by filing a brief in federal court effectively shielding Donald Trump from justice in a defamation suit over credible allegations that Trump may have raped writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s. Bill Barr, Trump’s attorney general, had come up with the argument that as a federal employee, Trump could not be sued for defamation. Observers had widely expected Biden’s department to reject that claim, so the announcement left Carroll’s lawyers and many observers slack-jawed.

It shouldn’t have. On several key matters, Garland’s DOJ has concealed the full extent of Trump’s wrongdoing; it has kept thousands of immigrants from obtaining green cards, while flooding the immigration system with Trump-selected judges; expanded the scope of police power; ensured oil and gas profits for decades to come; and explicitly protected one of Trump’s most hated Cabinet secretaries from accountability. Indeed, Garland has quietly emerged as Donald Trump’s unwitting hatchet man, doing almost everything in his power to protect the lawless former president’s legacy.

On May 24, Garland committed the DOJ to keep much of the so-called “Barr memo”—through which Garland’s predecessor almost unilaterally decided that no part of the Mueller probe would result in criminal charges—secret. Even Trump enemies who scoffed at the Russia probe should be disturbed by Garland’s other decisions, though. He has committed the DOJ to defending a Trump-era policy slashing the number of legal immigrants who qualify for green cards. He’s hiring dozens of new immigration court judges who received their initial offers during the Trump era, and codified Trump-era rules restricting immigrants’ options to prevent their own deportations. Garland’s Civil Rights Division also remains perilously understaffed, enormously hampering its ability to conduct oversight of municipal police departments. It also pursued private chat logs between government employees and reporters, a censorious case that began in the last 15 days of the Trump administration.

Much more...

Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Donald Trump?

In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.

newrepublic.com

I'm coming to the conclusion that Garland may be a worthless slug on the order of Bill Barr. What do you think?

Wait whut! Garland is no longer the darling of you commies?????????? ROFLMFAO Poor thing, ya need a tissue?

.

 

[Claudette]

In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.

Monday night, Merrick Garland’s Justice Department shocked a lot of people by filing a brief in federal court effectively shielding Donald Trump from justice in a defamation suit over credible allegations that Trump may have raped writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s. Bill Barr, Trump’s attorney general, had come up with the argument that as a federal employee, Trump could not be sued for defamation. Observers had widely expected Biden’s department to reject that claim, so the announcement left Carroll’s lawyers and many observers slack-jawed.

It shouldn’t have. On several key matters, Garland’s DOJ has concealed the full extent of Trump’s wrongdoing; it has kept thousands of immigrants from obtaining green cards, while flooding the immigration system with Trump-selected judges; expanded the scope of police power; ensured oil and gas profits for decades to come; and explicitly protected one of Trump’s most hated Cabinet secretaries from accountability. Indeed, Garland has quietly emerged as Donald Trump’s unwitting hatchet man, doing almost everything in his power to protect the lawless former president’s legacy.

On May 24, Garland committed the DOJ to keep much of the so-called “Barr memo”—through which Garland’s predecessor almost unilaterally decided that no part of the Mueller probe would result in criminal charges—secret. Even Trump enemies who scoffed at the Russia probe should be disturbed by Garland’s other decisions, though. He has committed the DOJ to defending a Trump-era policy slashing the number of legal immigrants who qualify for green cards. He’s hiring dozens of new immigration court judges who received their initial offers during the Trump era, and codified Trump-era rules restricting immigrants’ options to prevent their own deportations. Garland’s Civil Rights Division also remains perilously understaffed, enormously hampering its ability to conduct oversight of municipal police departments. It also pursued private chat logs between government employees and reporters, a censorious case that began in the last 15 days of the Trump administration.

Much more...

Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Donald Trump?

In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.

newrepublic.com

I'm coming to the conclusion that Garland may be a worthless slug on the order of Bill Barr. What do you think?

He's your guy. You don't want justice, just a pound of flesh. Life must be terrible for a hateful bastard such as yourself.

Yup. Just weeks ago the idiot was praising the guy. Now?? He's lower than dog shit cause he doesn't agree with the fake Indian. LOL

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

An attorney general who doesn’t treat Trump like the unique threat he was, and doesn’t wake up every day raring to neutralize his influence on society, isn’t an attorney general Biden can afford. Every day Biden keeps Garland in charge of his legal agenda is a day Trumpism is normalized, and the inevitable battle against it in 2024 gets that much harder.

Because partisan political influence shifting is the job of the DOJ.

There you have it, folks. WOW.

 

[Claudette]

In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.

Monday night, Merrick Garland’s Justice Department shocked a lot of people by filing a brief in federal court effectively shielding Donald Trump from justice in a defamation suit over credible allegations that Trump may have raped writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s. Bill Barr, Trump’s attorney general, had come up with the argument that as a federal employee, Trump could not be sued for defamation. Observers had widely expected Biden’s department to reject that claim, so the announcement left Carroll’s lawyers and many observers slack-jawed.

It shouldn’t have. On several key matters, Garland’s DOJ has concealed the full extent of Trump’s wrongdoing; it has kept thousands of immigrants from obtaining green cards, while flooding the immigration system with Trump-selected judges; expanded the scope of police power; ensured oil and gas profits for decades to come; and explicitly protected one of Trump’s most hated Cabinet secretaries from accountability. Indeed, Garland has quietly emerged as Donald Trump’s unwitting hatchet man, doing almost everything in his power to protect the lawless former president’s legacy.

On May 24, Garland committed the DOJ to keep much of the so-called “Barr memo”—through which Garland’s predecessor almost unilaterally decided that no part of the Mueller probe would result in criminal charges—secret. Even Trump enemies who scoffed at the Russia probe should be disturbed by Garland’s other decisions, though. He has committed the DOJ to defending a Trump-era policy slashing the number of legal immigrants who qualify for green cards. He’s hiring dozens of new immigration court judges who received their initial offers during the Trump era, and codified Trump-era rules restricting immigrants’ options to prevent their own deportations. Garland’s Civil Rights Division also remains perilously understaffed, enormously hampering its ability to conduct oversight of municipal police departments. It also pursued private chat logs between government employees and reporters, a censorious case that began in the last 15 days of the Trump administration.

Much more...

Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Donald Trump?

In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.

newrepublic.com

I'm coming to the conclusion that Garland may be a worthless slug on the order of Bill Barr. What do you think?

Probably because there is no case against him and Garland knows it. Why waste time and money on a nothingburger. LOL

 

[Polishprince]

White House Distances Itself From DOJâs Trump Defense As Biden Breaks With His Justice Department â Again

The White House has now issued three statements in recent days clarifying it doesn’t back the actions of its own Justice Department.

www.forbes.com

Maybe Biden needs to have a little talk with Garland. Like a trip to the woodshed...

Not that likely Biden isn't going to fire his Hand Picked AG, especially one who gave up his profitable lifetime appointment to the bench to serve him.

White House Distances Itself From DOJâs Trump Defense As Biden Breaks With His Justice Department â Again

The White House has now issued three statements in recent days clarifying it doesn’t back the actions of its own Justice Department.

www.forbes.com

Maybe Biden needs to have a little talk with Garland. Like a trip to the woodshed...

Not that likely Biden isn't going to fire his Hand Picked AG, especially one who gave up his profitable lifetime appointment to the bench to serve him.

Who said anything about firing him? Biden has many ways to get Garland's attention...

What makes you think that President Biden has anything to threaten Garland with, outside of being fired?

If Mr. Garland had an achilles heel for Sleepy Joe to exploit, he would have never accepted the appointment.