If you think it's wild that #Nauta pointed up at security cameras in footage because he and #trump talked about how to avoid them, wait until you read the #indictment and learn that trump also asked nauta to delete the earlier footage after #MerrickGarland served a #subpoena for the tapes.
AM I THE ONLY ONE who thinks #AG Merrick #Garland needs to intervene in the #ClassifiedDocs case that has now been indefinitely postponed on the grounds that THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THE ELECTION if the #Republican candidate for president is a #NationalSecurity risk. #MerrickGarland
The insane wails of people lying about Merrick Garland are getting more and more ridiculous. Sidney Powell investigation overt in 9/21. By 1/19/22, DOJ had Rudy's Jan6 comms. There were overt subpoenas targeting Trump by May. Privilege fights WITH TRUMP started in 6/22.
Jonathan Greenberg:
The only reason that SCOTUS’ evil immunity delay strategy will prevent Trump's Jan6 coup trial & conviction before election is that AG blocked his prosecution for 20 mos…
@GottaLaff@emptywheel#MerrickGarland bears responsibility for DOJ's inability to prosecute #Trump He should have been fired years ago. History will judge his timidity and incompetence unkindly
Thurs, the #Biden admin announced they are closing what is known as the #"GunShowLoophole," by tightening up the definition of what it means to be "engaged in the business" of selling #firearms.
The #ATF has just implemented a change in the federal register language, which was previously more specific to who was selling guns, & the agency did it in accordance w/the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, passed in 2022.
“It will also close the #GunShowLoophole & it closes the fire sale loophole as well by clarifying how #firearms dealers who go out of business or lose their #license must go about liquidating their inventory,” #MerrickGarland told reporters. “Under this #regulation, it will not matter if #guns are sold on the internet, at a gun show or in a brick & mortar store, if you sell guns [you] must conduct #BackgroundChecks.”
[Gifted for 30 days; NYTimes]: Inside Garland’s Effort to Prosecute Trump
In trying to avoid even the smallest mistakes, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland might have made one big one: ending up in a race against the clock.
By Glenn Thrush and Adam Goldman, March 22, 2024
Professor, because they are a part of a #criminal elite network which remains #abovethelaw thanks to endemic, bipartisan #corruption in our institutions.
If Trump was a 15 yr old kid talking about a bloodbath at school if he failed a test....he'd be in custody. Dear #MerrickGarland -- Do something. This is a threat to our security - yes, us...the citizens you are there to protect! #DOJ
“What I understood is the regulations” #Hur referred to #DOJ policy that says special counsel reports should be #confidential to the AG. But AG #MerrickGarland had made clear BEFOREHAND he would release much of Hur’s report.
“You must have understood the impact of your words” Schiff said & accused Hur of injecting “your own personal #prejudicial#subjective opinion of the president, one you knew would be amplified by his #political opponent. You had to understand that & you did it anyway”
#RobertHur said that AG #MerrickGarland did not interfere w/his investigation or attempt to modify his report. Rep Joe #Neguse asked #Hur a series of yes/no questions about whether #Garland —or any #DOJ ofcls— attempted to impede the investigation.
The appointment of a #SpecialCounsel is intended to make high-profile, sensitive investigations as #independent & #apolitical as possible. A SC has more independence from DOJ ldrs than other fed prosecutors, but still ultimately answers to the #USAG.
All of these motions — & 3 others filed under seal — must be decided by US District Judge #AileenCannon…. Cannon set Trump’s trial for May20, but has delayed many pretrial deadlines, leading to a…belief that she will… postpone the proceedings. She is slated to hold a hearing…next wk about the #trial schedule that will likely determine whether TFG will face a jury there this year.