Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Donald Trump?

[sarahgop]

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.

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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?

Maybe they are concerned about bidens conjugations.

 

[Lakhota]

AG Merrick Garland speaks softly - but does he carry a big stick or a wet noodle? Maybe we'll know more when he is scheduled to speak tomorrow.

 

[Lakhota]

Does anyone know if AG Garland is investigating this?

 

[Concerned American]

Does anyone know if AG Garland is investigating this?

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I don't see where he did anything illegal. Get a life.

 

[OKTexas]

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.

What the commies don't realize is that Garland is protecting the office of the presidency. If Trump can be sued for denying a scurrilous charge while in office, so can any other president, including xiden.

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[OKTexas]

Does anyone know if AG Garland is investigating this?

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For what, asking a simple question that's protected by the 1st amendment.

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[badbob85037]

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?

Because Joe is a piece of worthless shit unless you can think of something he has touched and not fucked up? I didn't think so.

 

[hadit]

From the OP:

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.

Translation: Only a hot headed partisan is acceptable in that position, the law need not apply.

 

[Whodatsaywhodat.]

Was called the Biden Rule.It is more of a precedent than a rule change.....Biden....lolol

Anyway. It was so fun seeing that pathetic dickless Garland wandering the Senate for 11 months having doors slammed in his face. So fun seeing someone you loathe get the job of a lifetime snatched away....lol

In Context: The 'Biden Rule' on Supreme Court nominations in an election year

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invoked the so-called "Biden Rule" to justify why the Senate should not consider

www.politifact.com

The " Biden rule" . Now that's rich! I when in fact it seems the bidens do not follow any rules themselves. Lol. It must sting...

 

[BackAgain]

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?

Her allegations are far far far distant from credible. She is a kook.

 

[White 6]

Her allegations are far far far distant from credible. She is a kook.

I don't know. I will watch and hear what the jury says. If Trump uses real lawyers this time, (instead of nut ball partisan volunteers on the cheap), that will do a credible job in the courtroom, instead of on the courthouse steps and right wing news outlets, and he actually was innocent, he will be fine. If any of those are not true, he is screwed as involuntarily as she says she was. But hey, it's only money. Not like he is defending a reputation as an upstanding, above board guy.

 

[BackAgain]

I don't know. I will watch and hear what the jury says. If Trump uses real lawyers this time, (instead of nut ball partisan volunteers on the cheap), that will do a credible job in the courtroom, instead of on the courthouse steps and right wing news outlets, and he actually was innocent, he will be fine. If any of those are not true, he is screwed as involuntarily as she says she was. But hey, it's only money. Not like he is defending a reputation as an upstanding, above board guy.

Sure. Waiting is good. Seriously.

Otoh, she wrote an article about all the male monsters in her life. She Sounds very crazy. She wasn’t even sure that Trump who had (she said) managed to penetrate her had a climax. But, all of a sudden, she thinks a stain on her clothing “might” have some of his DNA on it? So now she is seeking a DNA test?

 

[White 6]

Sure. Waiting is good. Seriously.

Otoh, she wrote an article about all the male monsters in her life. She Sounds very crazy. She wasn’t even sure that Trump who had (she said) managed to penetrate her had a climax. But, all of a sudden, she thinks a stain on her clothing “might” have some of his DNA on it? So now she is seeking a DNA test?

If it wasn't taken back then, I would have doubts, but will go with the jury.