Posted on 08/15/2022 11:21:28 AM PDT by Twotone
The raid on Trump’s home last Monday was the high water mark of Merrick Garland’s politicization of the Department of Justice. That act of weaponizing the DOJ was shocking in that it violated accepted norms. Serving a search warrant and using the FBI as its enforcers were entirely unnecessary. A subpoena or even a phone would have sufficed, but a subpoena or a phone doesn’t send a “we can do whatever we want” message. A 9-hour-long rummage through desks, sock drawers, and Melania Trump’s closet do.
Merrick Garland and his Justice Department aren’t done poking Trump in the eye. The DOJ recently offered up one more act of petty political vengeance aimed directly at Mar-A-Lago. The DOJ has decided that it will retry a man Trump commuted the sentence of with a grant of “time served”.
That’s right, the power of a president to pardon or commute a sentence to any person for any federal crime is plenary and inviolate, but apparently not for the DOJ in 2022. Never mind that it’s a constitutional power – Trump used it. Trump, like all presidents before him, had the power. Although Trump exercised his power of clemency 1,690 fewer times than Barack Obama, some of the people Trump pardoned were (in my opinion) undeserving of presidential clemency. Trump pardoned the father of Jared Kushner. Charles Kushner was an unsavory businessman who, once charged with various crimes including tax evasion, hired a sex worker to seduce a witness. Kushner planned to send the photos to the man’s wife in an act of vengeance. Kushner wasn’t wrongly convicted. He was just the father of Trump’s son-in-law. Unsavory, yes. Was pardoning within Trump’s authority? Absolutely.
Another man Trump pardoned was Philip Esformes. Esformes was charged with healthcare fraud and was convicted on 14 counts.
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...unless he testifies falsely against Trump at the Jan 6 monkey court?
Rule of Law is out the window.
This is now Rule of Men.
We have an oligarchy, and our elections are not to be trusted.
The Biden administration’s single policy is:
Whatever Trump did, undo it, or redo it differently, or do the opposite, and blame Trump for everything that goes wrong with their new policies.
Double jeopardy? He was granted clemency. Are we now in a country of being tried until finally proven guilty?
This is the Face of Sedition.
That act of weaponizing the DOJ was shocking in that it violatedWhy soft-pedal? Why try to minimize the unconstitutional outrage that occurred?accepted normsthe Constitution. …
Think, Merrick Garland was one micron away from a Supreme Court appointment........He’s just one vindictive little bitter bastard with an age 5o grind and a money laundering patronage network he has to protect like Al Capone, and he is piling up the damage like a Panzer Tank on I95. He is the fixer for the Beltway aristocracy.
That’s okay. He can give him a FULL PARDON on day one of his next administration. DOJ and FIB are complete filth.
You know what to do when they come for you.
Unless the DOJ idiots can argue that the Clemency Order WAS NEVER DELIVERED, it sure does sound like violation of 5th amendment in regards to “double jeopardy”
The Left will do ANYTHING to prevent a November election favorable to Trump. ANYTHING!!
If you don’t believe it, be ready to face the 87000 armed and ready to kill “IRS agents”.
Be ready for other low life actions.
He wasn’t found guilty on all counts. There were several that ended up with a hung jury. They’re going after him on those counts. Really, does the DOJ have so much time on its hands that it’s worth it to do this?!
Unless the DOJ idiots can argue that the Clemency Order WAS NEVER DELIVERED, it sure does sound like violation of 5th amendment in regards to “double jeopardy”
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Hey, they will just get him for Civil Rights Violations.
You can always add that one on.
Isn’t that double jeopardy?
Merrick Garland needs to be in chains in a Supermax prison.
BFL
Garland is much more powerful in his present position than being a member of SCOTUS, where he has just one vote. Don’t you think the Left has it all figured out?
SAWU (Sheesh America wake up.) Those who like to protest in front of SCOTUS Justices homes should try to do the same in front of Garland’s home and see how fast they’ll end up in the Gulag.
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