I'm thinking that President Harris should replace Merrick Garland with Jack Smith, that is, once Smith has succeeded in

[LaMouffette]

putting Mango Mussolini away in prison for the rest of his miserable life.

[samsingh]

1. agreed

[Think. Again.]

2. If we don't win the Senate, she can't.

[LaMouffette]

11. I am hoping and praying that we win the Senate due to what should be a massive turn out of Democratic voters.

Many might show up on Election Day for Harris, but while they're in the voting booth (or filling out their absentee ballot), they will likely go straight Dem on the rest of the candidates. I don't know that for sure, though, and certainly the Republicans voting for Harris will not go straight Dem. So we will have to see what happens.

[PJMcK]

3. Sounds like you're putting the cart before the horse

Let's make sure VP Harris wins the election first.

[LaMouffette]

10. Agreed! I just started thinking along these lines after it was reported that Aileen Cannon was on Traitor Trump's list

for AG. But yes, we have to win this thing first!

[Gore1FL]

4. I submit, I would rather have a hard-hitting unknown without any baggage from politically high-profile cases. nt

[LaMouffette]

8. I hear what you're saying, but I think Smith's high-profile reputation would strike fear in Nazi hearts.

[Tarzanrock]

5. My choice would be ...

... Tomás de Torquemada. Mr. Torquemada would know how to ask the Republican Nazis the right questions in the right rooms in the right subterranean places; and, as we all know, "waterboarding" is not torture. A Grand Inquisitor is what these times require for members of that manifestly corrupt Fascist criminal enterprise which styles itself as a political party.

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. So, fight fascism with fascism?

No thanks.

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. Smith is going to be prosecuting Trump for quite some time

So another pick for AG would be more realistic.

Also, if Dems lose control of the senate, Harris would need to pick someone already confirmed by the senate, or would have to settle for an”acting” AG until after the 2026 midterms.

There are many excellent candidates who have never been in the news or who have never appeared on MSNBC.

[LaMouffette]

9. All good points! At least we know our side has a really deep bench of qualified candidates.

[usaf-vet]

12. Here is another AG nominee. He has year in the DOJ and was a military JAG lawyer. He's kept me informed with his......

.....Justice Matters podcasts.


https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3328020

[C0RI0LANUS]

13. Two Choices for VPOTUS Kamala Harris

If and when Kamala wins with a wide, indisputable margin (fingers and toes crossed), here is an excellent candidate to replace USAG Merrick Garland:


Ms. Letitia James, NYS AG

And with the same caveat, here is an excellent candidate to replace D/FBI Christopher Wray:


Former police chief and Congresswoman Val Demings

Both Ms. James and Congresswoman Demings meet all the US Constitutional requirements for these respective positions.

PS: And when you look at all the Jan 6, anti-Kremlin and anti-Beijing counterintelligence prosecutions under Merrick Garland's watch at DOJ, he wasn't doing too bad. And his choice of SC Jack Smith, who prosecuted war criminals at the ICC, was outstanding.

Per the DOJ:

"In the 45 months since 6 Jan 2021, more than 1,532 suspects have been charged in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to attacking the US Capitol, including more than 571 seditionists charged with feloniously assaulting or impeding law enforcement. The FBI investigation remains ongoing."

[LaMouffette]

15. Wow and wow! James and Demings would also be amazing AG picks. And I agree that Merrick Garland did a lot of good as AG.

It just seems like his actions were a little too late. From a 2023 The Nation article:

As a blockbuster report by The Washington Post’s Carol D. Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis revealed this June, for a full year after the insurrection, Garland’s team looking into January 6 “consisted of just four prosecutors working with agents with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the National Archives and Records Administration.” Garland also shunned any wider probe into Trump’s coterie of political shills and hack-legal advisers building the case for him to gin up a bogus roster of alternate electors from swing states to throw Congress’s January 6 certification of results into chaos. Those sycophants and grifters are now unnamed co-conspirators in Smith’s indictment, and will be subject to future legal proceedings. In the end, Garland didn’t mount an investigation into the electors scheme until 15 months after the failed coup attempt.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-indictment-merrick-garland/

[Ms. Toad]

14. Let's get her elected first.

Calling her president Harris, at this point, reminds me too much of our 2016 cockiness which put Trump in office. I personally know people who voted for this party candidates (or didn't vote to send "President" Clinton a message.