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39. Two separate issues. My preferred AG would have moved quickly, which is a separate issue

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 06:00 PM

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from how quickly other parties would have moved and whether or not a conviction occurred. Just do your effing job, quickly and efficiently after a freaking terrorist attack. That's my only ask and I think it's a fair ask.

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Funny how so many see Smith's report, and it's mention of "timeliness", as an indictment of Garland [View all] Fiendish Thingy Tuesday OP

Would the outcome have been different if Garland had moved faster? Ocelot II Tuesday #1

Exactly- regardless of Garland's speed, the outcome would have been the same Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #4

And even if he had been tried and convicted before the election, Ocelot II Tuesday #11

Yup- that is the sad reality Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #13

People had higher expectations of Garland than of Roberts and the other conservative SCJs muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #2

Nevertheless, the courts held more power than Garland Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #6

You're just supposing the SC would have done something else muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #10

All the existing evidence shows the courts would have continued to delay a trail Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #12

Exactly. The courts were working through was was admissible, not saying "this will never happen" muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #22

Indeed, that would be true Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #24

Again, you're just guessing what they'd try to do. It's a counsel of despair. muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #31

I've never suggested or advocated giving up Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #32

Your entire argument is "it was impossible to get a trial in four years" muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #33

That's a whole lot of assumptions and misinterpretations Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #35

Obviously, you have an idiosyncratic view of what happened muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #38

garland didn't even start investigations for 2 years... Think. Again. Tuesday #3

I thought Garland was a terrible choice for the supreme court, as well as the AG NewHendoLib Tuesday #5

And yet, the result would have been the same with any other AG Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #7

Disagree. NewHendoLib Tuesday #8

Facts to support your opinion? Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #9

Assuming what the court might have done is not reality. Think. Again. Tuesday #29

This is such lazy thinking BeyondGeography Tuesday #14

Yates could not have forced a trial before the election Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #15

Not handing down indictments before he declared his candidacy BeyondGeography Tuesday #16

Smith wasn't appointed until almost two years Voltaire2 Tuesday #17

You completely misunderstand the definition of, and justification for appointing a special counsel. Nt Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #18

Nice try. Scrivener7 Tuesday #19

See all the Garland failure excuses here Bobstandard Tuesday #20

It wasn't the courts that delayed the FBI from investigating trump republianmushroom Tuesday #21

So walk me through your alternative scenario Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #23

The courts may not of been as protective of trump, if, he was indicted "sooner", republianmushroom Tuesday #34

It's a failure of the entire system malaise Tuesday #25

Regrettably, certain individuals seek a convenient scapegoat when faced with events that exceed their control * Oopsie Daisy Tuesday #26

Spot on, I saw the light gab13by13 Tuesday #27

Hallelujah! Nt Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #28

It can be both an indictment of Garland and delays/obstruction by the Roberts' Court Stargleamer Tuesday #30

I don't give a f-ck if it disqualified trump or not. Apply the law QUICKLY ecstatic Tuesday #36

So walk me through how another AG would have obtained a conviction before the election Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #37

Two separate issues. My preferred AG would have moved quickly, which is a separate issue ecstatic Thursday #39