Fact-Checking Merrick Garland's "Fair" DOJ

Declassified ^ | 9/22/23 | Julie Kelly

[CFW]

It might go down as the whopper of the year.

During his opening statement to the House Judiciary committee on Wednesday morning, Attorney General Merrick Garland attempted to head off expected criticism from Republicans by insisting his Department of Justice is blind to politics. “[We] apply the same laws to everyone. There is not one set of laws for the powerful and one for the powerless. One for the rich and another for the poor. One for Democrats and another one for Republicans. The law will treat each of us alike.”

Garland’s unsolicited salvo, however, did nothing to protect him from incoming fire. For hours, Republicans mercilessly drilled the country’s top lawman for numerous politically charged scandals, specifically the investigations into Hunter Biden and those involved in the events of January 6.

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Lurking behind DOJ’s braggadocious data about the January 6 investigation are details that directly contradict Garland’s claims of an apolitical DOJ. To begin, most defendants are Trump voters who traveled to D.C. to show their support for the president and demonstrate against the man who appointed Garland as attorney general. Social media posts, group texts, and videos in support of Trump are often used as incriminating evidence by DOJ. Ditto for memes that criticize Democrats or the 2020 election in general.

Consider these slides in the case of Robert Reeder, who pleaded guilty to the petty offense of “parading” in the Capitol. These screenshots were cited by DOJ as reason to sentence Reeder to four months in prison:

[Excellent memes are inserted here]

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Use of 1512(c)(2), obstruction of an official proceeding: DOJ has brought this post-Enron..... But the statute was never intended to be used this way. As I explained back in March 2021, the law is being abused to turn Trump supporters into felons.

[CFW]

There is a lot of good information in this article by Julie Kelly. How she keeps up with all the details of the January 6 event and the defendants being charged, is beyond me. I've said before that she is has more knowledge about the events of that day than anyone else I've heard, including the DOJ and FBI.

[DesertRhino]

The idiot literally said he was not the President’s attorney and that he does not answer to the President and the President has no say in who gets prosecuted or when or how! He openly said he believes DOJ is -independent- and does not answer to the President nor the Congress.

The president has the power to order investigations started, stopped, or even to conduct them personally. This is beyond question and has been understood from the very founding.

[AndyJackson]

petty offense of “parading” in the Capitol.

I am ok with that being a felony if we can lock up the 535 house and senate members who are all guilty of the same.

[Grandpa Drudge]

I found a great example of properly challenging Garland

https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/rep-nehls-hammers-ag-garland-over-biden-push-to-get-ukrainian-prosecutor-fired-tells-rep-nadler-to-pipe-down-5496075?utm_source=Morningbrief&src_src=Morningbrief&utm_campaign=mb-2023-09-22&src_cmp=mb-2023-09-22&utm_medium=email&est=tkROcBxTP7ZxUWlZjD%2B84Lu7ZSa%2FYNgv7MM7R9hwY078tJB7UMkTjcwGSHJnpyhV

[sauropod]

bkmk

[csn vinnie]

Is it common practice to offer a crack-head tax cheat who lied on the federal gun purchase application the same deal that was given to Hunter Biden? If not, what accounts for the disparate treatment? If so, we have other serious problems at DOJ.

[angelsonmyside]

Bttt and Bookmark

[Robert A Cook PE]

Corruption links within Garlan’s Dept of JustUs.

For your reference.