During his time in office, Donald Trump dismantled the American Justice Department. Michael Harris writes:
One of the trademarks of Trump’s trip through the sewers of business and politics has been the weaponization of the justice system. He has changed it from a means of getting to the truth, to an effective way of smothering information detrimental to his interests. That is exactly what he and the rotten peach Republicans who support him are trying to do here.
Garland seems obsessed with the fear that if he acts on the criminal contempt referrals sent to him by the Jan. 6 committee, regarding Trump lackeys like Steve Brannon and Mark Meadows, the integrity of the court will be called into question.
Under Joe Biden, the department is still limping along:
So far, nobody on the right has had to face the consequences of their decisions. And that includes Alex Jones, the grand guru of conspiracy, who didn’t even bother to show up in court for a required deposition in the Sandy Hook lawsuit. Although he faces fines, he has not yet been arrested.
Attorney General Garland has four criminal referrals from Congress against Trump accolytes and has brought no charges. There is a seven-hour-plus gap in then president Trump’s phone logs on Jan. 6, 2021. An 18.5-minute gap in the Nixon tapes, led to his presidential resignation.
Garland is now investigating Biden's son, Hunter:
Everyone knows the story. While his father was vice-president under Barack Obama, Joe Biden had the responsibility for Ukraine. At the same time, Hunter Biden landed a job in Ukraine for which he had dubious qualifications. It paid him the princely sum of $50,000 a month. Tax evasion may be involved. It was, at the minimum, conflict of interest in neon.
If, after grand jury testimony, which is ongoing, Hunter Biden is indicted, the Trump conspiracy machine will be jump-started into overdrive. Trump has, incredibly enough, already publicly asked Vladimir Putin to dish the dirt on Hunter Biden; siding against his own country in a time of surrogate war for purely personal political advantage. Stunning actually. He is asking a killer for favours.
And what about Trump himself? He appears to be evading Justice -- just as he has done his whole life.
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8 comments:
The speculation machine has been in high gear on Garland, intellects like Tribes pointing out the obvious about the daily "bombshells" on Trump's behaviour to Marcy Wheeler urging everyone to cool their jets, he's "on it". Although I respect the opinions and writings of both, neither really know what' going on in Garland's head. Indicting Trump will have drastic consequences for the 2- Americas and who knows where that will end up. The political apparatus ship sailed twice on the useless clause of impeachment which failed miserably to get the career mobster, money launderer and assaulter out of political life for good. Instead, he continues the grift, ripping off his stupid supporters and stands a chance of reelection in 2024, that is, if his grotesque unhealthy body lives long enough. With the Thomas situation and deplorable Brown Jackson hearings, the Supreme Court is also corrupt for at least another generation. I do worry about what this means for us in a couple of years, severe drought and the effects of climate change will have them setting their sites on our resources and the outcome will not be good. BC Waterboy.
Being a next-door neighbour has always been problematic, waterboy -- even more so these days.
The Republican Party for the most part ought to be called the “No Good Party.” And yes Water Boy, your suggestion regarding Canadian Resources is something I also have thought for a long,long time. Why is dotty Trump so in Putins back pocket? How much money has Putin possibly given Trumpty-Dumpty? Anyong
Putin and his cronies saved Trump from bankruptcy thirty years ago, Anyong. Without them, he would have been assigned to the trash bin of history.
About the only way for a rich person to get indicted in the US is to rip off other rich people. Fleecing the poor, like Bannon, Jones and Trump do, is the Republican road to riches. And forget indicting former presidents. If they started that, they'd have to round up all of them.
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Owen
As I have pointed many times the Democrats have truly lost the fight. Garland is just a symptom of inaction tolerated from the top. In one piece I read over the weekend Biden refused to appoint a watchdog like Eric Holder because it would have looked vindictive, well how's that going for him now?
When the inevitable happens and the midterms sweep everything away what will the Dems blame that on?
It's lambs to the slaughter, Cap. And there are lots of lambs to be slaughtered.
It's astonishing to see such a lack of backbone, Ben.
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