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I have requests for President Biden. (Original Post) TomSlick Wednesday OP
Yes! Release Mueller report! nt Bobstandard Wednesday #1
And hell yeah. Pardon Hunter! nt Bobstandard Wednesday #2
Absolutely pardon him Rebl2 Wednesday #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Clouds Passing Wednesday #4
hell of a slap in the face for gathering most of the evidence Jack Smth used in his indictment bigtree Wednesday #15
Geez, I'm always nice to you, bigtree Clouds Passing Wednesday #17
you literally suggested taking his retirement away bigtree Thursday #18
Release all of the Epstein files n/t Vadem Wednesday #5
And... macwriter Wednesday #6
For some reason Trump has been carefully protected all these years. Irish_Dem Wednesday #7
And just fucking do it. ASAP. dalton99a Wednesday #8
I agree LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #9
That might help. TomSlick Wednesday #11
I pray for miracles. bucolic_frolic Wednesday #10
My theology does not provide for petitionary prayer, so say an extra one for me. TomSlick Wednesday #12
You got it. Glad you recognize ethereal energy! lol bucolic_frolic Wednesday #13
Prayer is like chicken soup when you have a cold. TomSlick Wednesday #14
And give all the money in the Treasury to Ukraine and NATO. ananda Wednesday #16
A bunch of DUers are going to be very disappointed with President Biden. onenote Thursday #19

Response to TomSlick (Original post)

bigtree

(90,076 posts)
15. hell of a slap in the face for gathering most of the evidence Jack Smth used in his indictment
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 09:05 PM
Wednesday

...including fighting successfully to have the attorney privileges removed from the KEY witnesses in his indictment.

As well as achieve the cooperation of several key white supremacist Trumper perps in the Capitol riot, about a dozen of the over 1200 so called 'foot soldiers' who were charged with crimes ranging up to Sedition for the riot leaders, which is reflected in the assertions in his latest filing about Trump bearing responsibility for the riot.

Lawrence pointed to a report last night that said the deterrent effect made any violent protest on behalf of Trump unlikely. But let's pretend that didn't happen.

The man who, on his OWN volition, hired the SC who used Garland's evidence he gathered since 2021 and ran through the myriad appeals from Giuliani and others to suppress that evidence.

Interesting how there's always zero mention in these get Garland posts about who's actually responsible for bringing indictments, and zero criticism of the judges hearing the perps appeals and challenges to evidence that took years, like unlocking Giuliani's phone, on the court's OWN lengthy scheduling,

Your actually ragging on the person responsible for the administration of the office. He's not the prosecutor, never has been, and serves to approve or reject their product, not produce it.

Moreover, the federal government relies on grand juries to recommend charges in federal prosecutions, not the AG's will and whim.

But go on and tell us what else you believe Garland's responsible for.

bigtree

(90,076 posts)
18. you literally suggested taking his retirement away
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 12:23 AM
Thursday

...as if it was his life ambition to serve as AG, instead of a committment of his to public service at his late age.

Maybe take some time to look at what Biden's Justice Dept. has done with him as administrator.

And maybe recognize that high profile investigations take time and are further delayed by appeals and challenges from deep pocketed defendants like Trump and several of the others who served under him who resisted testifying and withheld evidence until Garland fought successfully to get appeals judges to make them talk and turn over communications with the former president.

Nice on this subject is me taking the time to explain this to you. Get it?

Irish_Dem

(56,350 posts)
7. For some reason Trump has been carefully protected all these years.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 06:28 PM
Wednesday

None of the damaging information has been released.
I doubt it ever will.

The question is why has the DOJ and US government worked so hard
to hide all this information about Trump? Why is he so protected?

Several answers come to mind.

TomSlick

(11,825 posts)
11. That might help.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 08:25 PM
Wednesday

I don't think the intent is to prosecute anyone, just to harass the hell out of them. Even if someone has a pardon, if charged they will spend a fortune in attorney's fees.

If the courts will allow it (and I have not confidence they will not), he might simply order the arrests of his enemies (probably on national security grounds) and hold them without charge.

My imagination has come up with a list of horrors based on what Trump said he would do.

TomSlick

(11,825 posts)
12. My theology does not provide for petitionary prayer, so say an extra one for me.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 08:28 PM
Wednesday

Asking for prayer is also inconsistent with my theology but these are strange times.

TomSlick

(11,825 posts)
14. Prayer is like chicken soup when you have a cold.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 08:57 PM
Wednesday

It probably doesn't cure anything but it gives you a warm feeling.

onenote

(44,458 posts)
19. A bunch of DUers are going to be very disappointed with President Biden.
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 12:45 AM
Thursday

Because he's not going to do anything on the OP's list.

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