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42. I literally said none was shown
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 05:35 PM
15 hrs ago

...and you haven't shown that their priorities were wrong, much less evidence them at all.

Your assertion made, not mine.

I'm eternally bemused by those who base their criticisms of what Garland did or didn't do on their own projections, instead of showing some actual proof other than their insistence that he's done something wrong.

From all appearances, his DOJ was still interviewing witnesses who were coming forward , up until Trump took office. There's absolutely nothing in any record or report to suggest his FBI erred in their prioritization of the cases they were tasked with.

Indeed, many of his same critics would also argue, at the same time, that Garland should have similarily 'prioritized' the other investigations he wasn't directly responsible for presenting to grand juries.

It's a profound misunderstanding of his role, and a misplaced belief, I think, that he should have made some special effort to insert himself into the decision-making because it involved Trump - something completely antithetical to the justice that's professed to be sought, notwithstanding the desire of some to throw all of that prosecutorial integrity to the wind in a partisan effort to win an election.

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Oh BeyondGeography 18 hrs ago #1
DURec leftstreet 18 hrs ago #2
Great idea! And while they're at it, please subpoena whomever at SDNY requested NM to stop ranch investigation in 2019 SheltieLover 18 hrs ago #3
Years of silence Tetrachloride 18 hrs ago #4
Merrick Garland also has standing Mblaze 18 hrs ago #5
Lol. msfiddlestix 18 hrs ago #6
Agree. Spineless weasels like Garland never stand up for anything. BannonsLiver 16 hrs ago #19
he's trying to appear even-handed here bigtree 16 hrs ago #27
Bill Barr needs to be deposed. poli-junkie 17 hrs ago #7
Yes, Barr and Garland both need to testify FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #13
This!!!!! 👆👆👆👆👆👆👆 SheltieLover 13 hrs ago #52
Gooooood! Prairie Gates 17 hrs ago #8
🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 Whyisthisstillclose 17 hrs ago #9
Merrick Garland would take the 5th... Escape 17 hrs ago #10
Merrick Garland has never and would never take the 5th. SunSeeker 17 hrs ago #12
Thank you. Well said Raven123 16 hrs ago #26
Epstein-related files could not be legally released during Garland's term because Maxwell's case was still under appeal bigtree 17 hrs ago #11
Here comes the Garland Society. BannonsLiver 17 hrs ago #14
There is certainly grounds for criticizing Garland for his slow prosecution of Trump, but not for this. SunSeeker 16 hrs ago #22
I've heard all those excuses and rationalizations before. BannonsLiver 16 hrs ago #24
Those are not "rationalizations" about the handling of the Epstein files, they're facts. SunSeeker 16 hrs ago #39
When Bondi threw Garland's name at Ted Lieu he didn't disagree with her premise that Garland was delinquent on Epstein BeyondGeography 15 hrs ago #41
Ted Lieu was not implying Garland should have disclosed the Epstein files. SunSeeker 14 hrs ago #44
Exactly. Thank you bigtree. He didn't want to comment because it could endanger the conviction, which was on appeal. SunSeeker 17 hrs ago #16
this expectation of some is a degeneration of norms bigtree 16 hrs ago #23
Sounds sorta like can't fight the fire until the house KPN 16 hrs ago #21
I may have a different interpretation of 'still interviewing witnesses' than you bigtree 16 hrs ago #25
There's some management tools called priorities, assignment of resources, KPN 16 hrs ago #28
none of which have been shown by anyone to have been neglected or mismanaged bigtree 16 hrs ago #31
You have your opinion. I have mine. This was a big deal as KPN 16 hrs ago #38
I literally said none was shown bigtree 15 hrs ago #42
You can't show something that is missing -- like higher priority, greater emphasis, etc. I don't isolate everything to KPN 14 hrs ago #45
we're only talking about points and processes of law. What does 'proof' have to do with all that, you say? bigtree 14 hrs ago #48
Instead of escalating and projecting -- as in "obfuscating", KPN 9 hrs ago #54
the projection here is against Garland bigtree 7 hrs ago #55
Mmmhmmm. KPN 7 hrs ago #56
UH OH, Escape 17 hrs ago #15
I like to call it the Garland Society. BannonsLiver 17 hrs ago #18
Yes, and isn't it amazing... Escape 14 hrs ago #46
Interesting question. BannonsLiver 13 hrs ago #49
One million files and nothing was done The Blue Flower 17 hrs ago #17
Incompetence or worse? KPN 16 hrs ago #29
Blaming Biden's DOJ is everywhere on right wing social media. progressoid 16 hrs ago #20
Lol. In some ways, I can't disagree. KPN 16 hrs ago #30
We need to have a GOOD answer to this or it will cost us in the election. Currently our answer is that Scrivener7 16 hrs ago #35
THIS. Absolutely. Shed the thin skin and blinders. KPN 14 hrs ago #47
Instead of wasting time on Garland... appmanga 16 hrs ago #32
This. Good idea. Scrivener7 16 hrs ago #34
THIS SunSeeker 16 hrs ago #40
Garland won't tell us anything. Bring on Jack Smith to talk about his investigations. Scrivener7 16 hrs ago #33
The deep of corruption in the current and former DOJ is very enlightening. Pretty obvious walkingman 16 hrs ago #36
Brilliant idea xuplate 16 hrs ago #37
Well there's at least one thing MAGAts and Dems appear to agree on MorbidButterflyTat 15 hrs ago #43
It's essentially spring in my area already. BannonsLiver 13 hrs ago #50
So should Barr!!! SheltieLover 13 hrs ago #51
AGREE ! republianmushroom 11 hrs ago #53
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