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LaMouffette

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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.
Fri Oct 25, 2024, 12:57 PM
Oct 2024

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/

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agreed samsingh Oct 2024 #1
If we don't win the Senate, she can't. Think. Again. Oct 2024 #2
I am hoping and praying that we win the Senate due to what should be a massive turn out of Democratic voters. LaMouffette Oct 2024 #11
Sounds like you're putting the cart before the horse PJMcK Oct 2024 #3
Agreed! I just started thinking along these lines after it was reported that Aileen Cannon was on Traitor Trump's list LaMouffette Oct 2024 #10
I submit, I would rather have a hard-hitting unknown without any baggage from politically high-profile cases. nt Gore1FL Oct 2024 #4
I hear what you're saying, but I think Smith's high-profile reputation would strike fear in Nazi hearts. LaMouffette Oct 2024 #8
My choice would be ... Tarzanrock Oct 2024 #5
So, fight fascism with fascism? Fiendish Thingy Oct 2024 #7
Smith is going to be prosecuting Trump for quite some time Fiendish Thingy Oct 2024 #6
All good points! At least we know our side has a really deep bench of qualified candidates. LaMouffette Oct 2024 #9
Here is another AG nominee. He has year in the DOJ and was a military JAG lawyer. He's kept me informed with his...... usaf-vet Oct 2024 #12
Two Choices for VPOTUS Kamala Harris C0RI0LANUS Oct 2024 #13
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. LaMouffette Oct 2024 #15
Let's get her elected first. Ms. Toad Oct 2024 #14
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