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Merrick Garland has been terrible as AG. He has delayed, obfuscated, been inactive and slow, and did not use his office to do the kind of crisis control we needed. I know the wheels of justice turn slowly, but Garland put sand in the gears and now look where we are.

. Merrick Garland is the biggest disappointment in the History of the US Department of Justice. His failure to properly charge and prosecute MAGA's dear leader may have cost this nation its democracy, as it surely crippled our judiciary. Shame on this incompetent coward. #resist

Upon appointment of his SCOTUS and full subservience to him by the GOP, trump was guaranteed never to be held accountable. Endless appeals to SCOTUS before, during & after trial, same for sentencing. Put the blame where it lies, the American people, our neighbors, co-workers & family.

The docs case wasn’t ripe 2 1/2 yrs ago. IMO the AG was too cautious on the 1/6 case. But it’s erroneous to think trump would ever serve time. Even if convicted (just 1 MAGA juror) & if the obese, burger chomping 78yr old outlived appeals, no judge would imprison a feeble minded geriatric ex-POTUS.

Garland will go down in history as the worst, most ineffective Attorney General in American history. His reticence & fear at appearing “political” single-handedly destroyed our country & handed Trump the election. He chose to focus on Hunter Biden’s “crimes” & not the worst CRIMINAL in USHistory.

Don't wait for Garland. We've seen how that goes. Plus Smith's departure will add even more chaos and delay. Biden should pardon both of them, then order immediate release of the reports. Rights of the defendants will be off the table.

I previously defended Garland, believing he was making sure all I’s were dotted & T’s crossed! Unfortunately time has shown it apparently was nothing more than dragging his feet to avoid what needed done! The clock is ticking loudly for him to salvage something of what will be his ultimate legacy!

The AG sat on his a— until the January 6 Committee published its findings and embarrassed him into doing it he job he should have started at the start.

I see that now! I always try to give people benefit of a doubt until they prove me wrong! The issues, from the criminal(s) to those in positions to hold them accountable who instead enable & protect is mind blowing! Looks like TFG’s ineptitude & crazy may be the only thing that eventually saves us!

Agree 100%! All one needs to see is the media, judiciary, corporations & those with power choosing to bend the knees to placate TFG! The few who have chosen to fight for justice are heroes & are the only ones with courage! Unfortunately they are few & far between! Pray the rest of us can survive!

Joe should have appointed Sally Yates instead of Garland. She's got big brass ones, and I'm not sure he even has a pair at all. Whatever the weaker thing to do is, you can count on Garland doing that. After the last 4 years, I'm glad he's not on SCOTUS. He would have rolled over there, too.😾

Doing the “right” thing never pays when dealing with the new-right. It’s like trying to house-train a grizzly bear; it won’t work, you’ll end up covered in 💩 at the risk of getting mauled.

Sadly, it seems Mr Meek has already played his sad hand. His role to kick it down the road so as none of his Fed Society buds got implicated worked to perfection. That dump skated was just extra icing, I guess

Now that the government has fallen into autocracy, they don’t need to pretend that they actually ever cared about us or the country. I doubt we’ll see the report, and if we do it will probably be more redacted than not. Donald Trump ———— the —————— in —————. His ——————————— for ——————— and ————.

SteveBev@stevebev.bsky.social

I am afraid that @muellershewrote.bsky.social is badly wrong again. You have failed to take into account that any result in 11 Cir, which doesn’t overturn Cannon’s dismissal of the case, seriously affects the possibility of the report into the documents case BEING PUBLISHED AT ALL 1/x

He’s fumbled so much. I had so much faith in him and the butterfly affect from his dpt will cause many to suffer. He knew an indictment was in order. Many other countries made the right choice and this guy failed us. He failed us all.

He does not have the testicular fortitude to drop both the reports. Hopefully the insurrection one gets released. He's a bloody coward. Part of the reason we're in this position all of us around the world and the US is because of him. Maybe he can grow a pair and do the right thing for once.

It would be better if Biden just pardoned them. He doesn't need to give a reason, but "It would make a mockery of justice for Trump to prosecute his codefendants, who did what they did in full cooperation with him" would be a pretty good one.

Court filings show Garland does intend to release volume I, and provide Vol II for review to the chairmen and ranking members of the house and senate judiciary committees, per Jack Smith's recommendations.

AG, do you have any idea when the 11th circuit might realistically rule, thereby greenlighting Garland to release Vol. I? We talking a day or two or like post 20 JAN?

"This is not the time to throw up our hands. This is the time to roll up our sleeves. " ~ Kamala Harris. I've sent my 3rd message in as many days. The last was a little more direct. If you can't send a message, please call.

Respectfully, to those who don't much care about VP, I used these words as an inspiring call to action, as that which is important right now is having Garland drop the charges for co-defendants, so we can see both volumes of Smith's report. Thanks.

I appreciate this sentiment but she missed a tie breaking vote to keep a republican off the NLRB board effectively screwing all labor movements for years to come, so I guess she threw up her hands instead? The democrats are so cooked, we need a labor party and they ain’t it.

33% of eligible voters voted for Democrats in 2024. A lot of us, I'd say at least a quarter of us, didn't particularly like her centrism. But we held our noses and voted for her anyway. Democrats are actually appealing to about 25% of the voting population at a maximum. Neoliberalism has failed.

I would really prefer that Nauta and de Oliveira experience justice. If for no other reason than to demonstrate that 34F has no use for them and will not give them any help. Plus they can force him to testify...

When it came time for bold legal action needed to save American democracy, our ridiculous attorney-general came up small. Distinguished by a deficiency of testosterone, Lady Garland will go down in history, alongside Benedict Arnold, Vidkun Quisling, and Neville Chamberlain.

NO dropping the Espionage case! Trump’s espionage rivals that of the Rosenbergs and spies Hanssen & Ames. His release of nuclear secrets to foreign nation led to killing of CIA informants and Russia’s Ukraine ground invasion plan. Killed countless. Do NOT denigrate Trump’s crime.

Exactly. Marc Pomerantz wrote his book detailing Trump’s tax evasion (a crime) in his book. NY then sued Trump and won its case. The evidence was CRYSTAL CLEAR. The BOXES of classified at Mar-A-Lago, Trump’s REFUSAL to return, and his REVEALING to foreign nationals already PUBLIC knowledge.

Donald Trump stole America's top secret records and took boxes and boxes and boxes of top secret records and when the government asked for them back he refused to to return the documents

The worst AG when we needed the best. His appointment was a grievous error by Biden. Trump should have been in handcuffs within minutes of landing in Florida at the end of his administration. Huge failure by the DOJ.

This idea is badly mistaken because it overlooks a nasty consequence of Cannon’s dismissal of the case. bsky.app/profile/stev...

SteveBev@stevebev.bsky.social

I am afraid that @muellershewrote.bsky.social is badly wrong again. You have failed to take into account that any result in 11 Cir, which doesn’t overturn Cannon’s dismissal of the case, seriously affects the possibility of the report into the documents case BEING PUBLISHED AT ALL 1/x

If there even are any history books left off the burnpile in the coming years, AG Garland will be recorded in them as the man who chose courtesy over justice, hesitancy over the American People, and tacitly facilitated the obliteration of the Rule of Law.