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gab13by13

(26,248 posts)
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:27 PM Jan 13

How Garland Treated President Biden & Trump

The National Archives contacted DOJ about classified documents found at President Biden's property.

5 days later the FBI opened an investigation.

The National Archives contacted DOJ about missing classified documents, some of them top secret, believed to be in the possession of Donald Trump.

11 months later the FBI opened up an investigation.

Think about that.

Some of the documents that Joe had were low level, such as the route the Secret Service was going to use to take Joe to his son's funeral.

Several documents that Trump stole could only be viewed in a SCIF.

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How Garland Treated President Biden & Trump (Original Post) gab13by13 Jan 13 OP
He is terrified of tsf. No other explanation makes any sense to me. chicoescuela Jan 13 #1
Or on the take. Or a MAGA at heart. Irish_Dem Jan 13 #6
I vote for terrified. ShazzieB Jan 13 #16
The other hypotheses are just as valid. Irish_Dem Jan 13 #18
Terrified of the fat man with a full diaper, tiny hands, and a week's worth of makeup & hairspray Blue Owl Jan 14 #24
Well when you put it that way, it all makes sense. ha chicoescuela Jan 14 #25
The difference in the way he treated Trump and Biden was as different as night and day. Autumn Jan 13 #2
I doubt there is any Democrat who is supporting him now. At the time they were giving him the benefit of the doubt, JohnSJ Jan 14 #26
There sure were yesterday, I imagine they are going to be quiet for today. Autumn Jan 14 #27
The AGs and FBI directors don't give a flying fuck about our side. GreenWave Jan 13 #3
Most of the US gov't rolled over for Trump asap. Irish_Dem Jan 13 #7
It's like our numbers are meaningless to them. And no media pressure GreenWave Jan 13 #10
Trump doesn't even care about his own voters now. Irish_Dem Jan 13 #14
Still waiting . . . Scubamatt Jan 13 #15
It's scary as fuck. It's like the fix is in and something bad is coming. LymphocyteLover Jan 13 #22
Same here. Irish_Dem Jan 13 #23
Think about this gab13by13 Jan 13 #4
Protecting the Institutions Doesn't Cut It for Me, Either. Kid Berwyn Jan 13 #5
I'm sure Marcy Emptywheel will be along to tell us how this makes perfect sense. Scrivener7 Jan 13 #8
It would make me feel a little bit better gab13by13 Jan 13 #9
Merrick Garland Weighed Search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago for Weeks republianmushroom Jan 13 #11
Is there a source for this? cpamomfromtexas Jan 13 #12
The name Merrick Garland will be synonymous with Benedict Arnold kimbutgar Jan 13 #13
Democrats have to respond like Republicans. The GOP has been working the refs for decades. Decades themaguffin Jan 13 #17
the Biden investigation happened at a considerably later date. stopdiggin Jan 13 #19
I know!!!! It's so fucked up. LymphocyteLover Jan 13 #20
my understanding is Biden didn't even have classified govt documents per se LymphocyteLover Jan 13 #21

Irish_Dem

(63,150 posts)
18. The other hypotheses are just as valid.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:20 PM
Jan 13

We know people are being paid to do Putin/Trump bidding.
Also there are secret GOP or Magas placed throughout the US govt.

Yes some are being blackmailed or threatened.

Or a combination of factors.

Blue Owl

(55,195 posts)
24. Terrified of the fat man with a full diaper, tiny hands, and a week's worth of makeup & hairspray
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 12:37 PM
Jan 14

Pretty impressive there, Merrick....

Autumn

(47,190 posts)
2. The difference in the way he treated Trump and Biden was as different as night and day.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:31 PM
Jan 13

That any Democrat supports Garland is disgusting.

JohnSJ

(97,281 posts)
26. I doubt there is any Democrat who is supporting him now. At the time they were giving him the benefit of the doubt,
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 01:27 PM
Jan 14

a huge mistake as is now clear.

I suspect garland is President Biden's biggest blunder and disappointment. Garland, along with the SC are responsible for the sociopath able to run out the clock, and to a large extent garland bears much of the responsibility for Biden being forced out by his appointments of trump supporting special counsel on the inadvertant documents findings at the Biden residence, who portrayed President Biden as a "feeble old man", who couldn't even remember the date his son died, which started the whole downward spiral of the Biden presidency from our lazy press.

There is no way the press will treat the sociopath the way they treated Biden. Some of those press conferences with Biden were disgraceful.

It would be a pleasant surprise if we actually stood as an opposition party against what is coming down the pike, but I am not very optomistic about that happening.

You have Fetterman who is behaving as though the sociopath did nothing wrong, and even Ro Khanna is too willing to extend his hand across the aisle in my view.

I am not optomistic at all, though I have no doubt the Representative Crockett, Ocasio-Cortez, and others will stand up against the sociopath, I believe there will be too many who will be too willing to compromise basic values. I hope I am wrong.



Autumn

(47,190 posts)
27. There sure were yesterday, I imagine they are going to be quiet for today.
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 04:31 PM
Jan 14

Marcy Wheeler hasn't explained it away for them yet .

GreenWave

(9,997 posts)
10. It's like our numbers are meaningless to them. And no media pressure
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 03:14 PM
Jan 13

Where are all the news reminders that we are a divided nation and THEY need to reach out to the 75,000,000 + Harris voters who voted against Trump who did not even reach 50% of all votes?

Irish_Dem

(63,150 posts)
14. Trump doesn't even care about his own voters now.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:05 PM
Jan 13

He doesn't need them, he knows they are suckers and losers like everyone else.

He doesn't need votes, he has China and Russia rigging the elections.
He has the billionaires funding him.

He believes the American people can go to hell now.

Scubamatt

(117 posts)
15. Still waiting . . .
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:14 PM
Jan 13

IIRC, the corporate media had that meme ready to go as soon as the smoke cleared off the Capitol on January 6 - what is Biden doing to reach out to all of the people who love Trump??? They banged on the drum every day until they decided the "Biden is too old" meme had more legs. The media will not save us. We need to be pushing this message now, and doing so constantly. What are Trump and the Republicans doing to heal the Nation? Threatening to cut off disaster aid to California???!!!??? I want our leadership to ask, rhetorically, how the media would report it if we withhold relief from Texas and Florida when we regain the House and hurricanes (or snowstorms) wipe out those states.

Irish_Dem

(63,150 posts)
23. Same here.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 05:22 PM
Jan 13

I hope I just being cynical.

Though being a cynic/realist doesn't usually steer me wrong.
It is being optimistic that kicks my butt every time.

gab13by13

(26,248 posts)
4. Think about this
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:53 PM
Jan 13

Special Counsel Hur gave his report to AG Garland. 3 days later Garland released the unredacted Hur report to the public, which contained the lie that the only reason Hur did not indict Joe was because he was old and forgetful.

Special counsel Jack Smith gave his reports to Garland and Garland turned them over to Trump and his attorneys.

I imagine that Trump's attorneys have time to redact the J6 report for Garland.

The stolen document report will never be released.

Kid Berwyn

(19,009 posts)
5. Protecting the Institutions Doesn't Cut It for Me, Either.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:56 PM
Jan 13

Protecting a traitor who stole the nation's most sensitive military secrets must be something straight out of the Federalist Society-MAGA-NAZI-Project 2025 Playbook. Certainly doesn't bother Just-us John "Make It Out to Jane" Roberts.

gab13by13

(26,248 posts)
9. It would make me feel a little bit better
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 03:07 PM
Jan 13

if the National Archives came out and publicly stated that not all of the classified documents have been returned.

Oh wait, Trump threatened the head of the NA and I think she quit? Trump will install Kid Rock to take her place.

republianmushroom

(18,654 posts)
11. Merrick Garland Weighed Search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago for Weeks
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 03:22 PM
Jan 13


Attorney general took his signature deliberative approach to the move; Justice Department asks judge not to unseal affidavit that provided basis for search

https://www.wsj.com/articles/merrick-garland-weighed-search-of-trumps-mar-a-lago-for-weeks-11660601292

kimbutgar

(24,012 posts)
13. The name Merrick Garland will be synonymous with Benedict Arnold
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 03:50 PM
Jan 13

As to him being a traitor to our country by not prosecuting the 🍑💩🤡. I wonder if he has a secret bank account or is he being threatened and blackmailed?

stopdiggin

(13,283 posts)
19. the Biden investigation happened at a considerably later date.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:58 PM
Jan 13

With the Trump interaction/experience having gone before, and creating a rather obvious overlay. Conflating the two for 'equivalency' is extremely facile ...

'Whatever access you need': How Biden handled early days of classified documents probe
Biden’s degree of cooperation appears to stand in contrast with Trump's conduct.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/access-biden-handled-early-days-classified-documents-probe/story?id=104887967

LymphocyteLover

(7,220 posts)
21. my understanding is Biden didn't even have classified govt documents per se
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 05:16 PM
Jan 13

He had his memoirs and notes, that had some old classified info in them

The orange shit had the most highly classified docs possible.

WTF!!!!?!?!?!

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