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In reply to the discussion: Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee [View all]BumRushDaShow
(144,802 posts)13. But he did do something
I have been posting what WAS done over and over but the chorus drowns it out. The latest time was here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3315510
I also included the Fani Willis timeline which started before Garland was even nominated -
From here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3243366
Inside Garlands Effort to Prosecute Trump
By Glenn Thrush and Adam Goldman
Reporting from Washington
Published March 22, 2024 Updated March 27, 2024
After being sworn in as attorney general in March 2021, Merrick B. Garland gathered his closest aides to discuss a topic too sensitive to broach in bigger groups: the possibility that evidence from the far-ranging Jan. 6 investigation could quickly lead to former President Donald J. Trump and his inner circle. At the time, some in the Justice Department were pushing for the chance to look at ties between pro-Trump rioters who assaulted the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, his allies who had camped out at the Willard Hotel, and possibly Mr. Trump himself.
Mr. Garland said he would place no restrictions on their work, even if the evidence leads to Trump, according to people with knowledge of several conversations held over his first months in office. Follow the connective tissue upward, said Mr. Garland, adding a directive that would eventually lead to a dead end: Follow the money. With that, he set the course of a determined and methodical, if at times dysfunctional and maddeningly slow, investigation that would yield the indictment of Mr. Trump on four counts of election interference in August 2023.
(snip)
People around Mr. Garland, who like others interviewed for this article spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Justice Department affairs, say there would be no case against Mr. Trump had Mr. Garland not acted decisively. And any perception that the department had made Mr. Trump a target from the outset, without exploring other avenues, would have doomed the investigation. Dont confuse thoughtful with unduly cautious, said a former deputy attorney general, Jamie S. Gorelick, who sent Mr. Garland, then her top aide, to oversee the prosecution of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. He was fearless. You could see it then, and you could see it when he authorized the search at Mar-a-Lago.
Mr. Garlands allies point to how, by the summer of 2021, the attorney general and his powerful deputy, Lisa O. Monaco, were so frustrated with the pace of the work that they created a team to investigate Trump allies who gathered at the Willard Hotel ahead of Jan. 6 John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, Rudolph W. Giuliani and Roger J. Stone Jr. and possible connections to the Trump White House, according to former officials. That team would lay the groundwork for the investigation that Mr. Smith would take over as special counsel a year and a half later. But a host of factors, some in Mr. Garlands control, others not, slowed things down.
(snip)
Much more... https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/us/politics/trump-jan-6-merrick-garland.html
No paywall (gift link)
By Glenn Thrush and Adam Goldman
Reporting from Washington
Published March 22, 2024 Updated March 27, 2024
After being sworn in as attorney general in March 2021, Merrick B. Garland gathered his closest aides to discuss a topic too sensitive to broach in bigger groups: the possibility that evidence from the far-ranging Jan. 6 investigation could quickly lead to former President Donald J. Trump and his inner circle. At the time, some in the Justice Department were pushing for the chance to look at ties between pro-Trump rioters who assaulted the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, his allies who had camped out at the Willard Hotel, and possibly Mr. Trump himself.
Mr. Garland said he would place no restrictions on their work, even if the evidence leads to Trump, according to people with knowledge of several conversations held over his first months in office. Follow the connective tissue upward, said Mr. Garland, adding a directive that would eventually lead to a dead end: Follow the money. With that, he set the course of a determined and methodical, if at times dysfunctional and maddeningly slow, investigation that would yield the indictment of Mr. Trump on four counts of election interference in August 2023.
(snip)
People around Mr. Garland, who like others interviewed for this article spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Justice Department affairs, say there would be no case against Mr. Trump had Mr. Garland not acted decisively. And any perception that the department had made Mr. Trump a target from the outset, without exploring other avenues, would have doomed the investigation. Dont confuse thoughtful with unduly cautious, said a former deputy attorney general, Jamie S. Gorelick, who sent Mr. Garland, then her top aide, to oversee the prosecution of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. He was fearless. You could see it then, and you could see it when he authorized the search at Mar-a-Lago.
Mr. Garlands allies point to how, by the summer of 2021, the attorney general and his powerful deputy, Lisa O. Monaco, were so frustrated with the pace of the work that they created a team to investigate Trump allies who gathered at the Willard Hotel ahead of Jan. 6 John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, Rudolph W. Giuliani and Roger J. Stone Jr. and possible connections to the Trump White House, according to former officials. That team would lay the groundwork for the investigation that Mr. Smith would take over as special counsel a year and a half later. But a host of factors, some in Mr. Garlands control, others not, slowed things down.
(snip)
Much more... https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/us/politics/trump-jan-6-merrick-garland.html
No paywall (gift link)
In GA, Fani Willis won her election to be Fulton County, GA D.A. in Nov. 2020 and took office in Jan. 2021. About a month or so later she began the investigation in her RICO case.
Here is her timeline - Timeline: Criminal probe into Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia election results
(snip)
Feb. 10, 2021
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis notifies Kemp that her office has launched an investigation into efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a letter obtained by ABC News.
The letter asked state officials to preserve any documents potentially related to the 2020 general election, "with particular care given to set aside and preserve those that may be evidence of attempts to influence the actions of persons who were administering" it, which would include Trump's phone call with Raffensperger.
Jan. 20, 2022
Willis requests to seat a special grand jury in her probe, according to a letter obtained by ABC News. In the letter to Fulton County Chief Judge Christopher Brasher, Willis wrote that the move is needed because "a significant number of witnesses and prospective witnesses have refused to cooperate with the investigation absent a subpoena requiring their testimony."
(snip)
July 11, 2023
Based on the findings of the special grand jury, Willis empanels a new grand jury to weight possible election-related charges against Trump.
(snip)
(snip)
Feb. 10, 2021
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis notifies Kemp that her office has launched an investigation into efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a letter obtained by ABC News.
The letter asked state officials to preserve any documents potentially related to the 2020 general election, "with particular care given to set aside and preserve those that may be evidence of attempts to influence the actions of persons who were administering" it, which would include Trump's phone call with Raffensperger.
Jan. 20, 2022
Willis requests to seat a special grand jury in her probe, according to a letter obtained by ABC News. In the letter to Fulton County Chief Judge Christopher Brasher, Willis wrote that the move is needed because "a significant number of witnesses and prospective witnesses have refused to cooperate with the investigation absent a subpoena requiring their testimony."
(snip)
July 11, 2023
Based on the findings of the special grand jury, Willis empanels a new grand jury to weight possible election-related charges against Trump.
(snip)
And one month after the above, on Aug. 15, 2023, Willis announced her indictments - Trump and 18 allies charged in Georgia election meddling as former president faces 4th criminal case
I will ask again what I asked in September but updated for today -
QUESTION
Today is January 2, 2025. Where is her case and why isn't 45 in state prison in Georgia?
ANSWER
The JUDGE tossed out some charges - Judge tosses more counts against Trump and others in Georgia election case, 32 counts remain and Willis has been removed from the case.
Point being as I have said over and over - the JUDICIARY is holding up ALL of the criminal cases (whether for trial or for sentencing), and that goes for BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE CASES.
Repeating the falsity over and over as DU keeps doing, does nothing but to salve anger about things outside of our control.
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Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Thursday
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"Does the President think these awards will somehow protect Cheney and Thompson from Trump and Patel?"
BumRushDaShow
Thursday
#2
Dorothy Height, who was head of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) for 4 decades,
BumRushDaShow
Thursday
#5
I don't think Cheney's career is done yet. Will be interesting to see what happens going forward.
Joinfortmill
Thursday
#6
Yes, I meant the year proceeding the election after President Biden took office,
Bluethroughu
Thursday
#11
Fanis charges were in state court, and it was for Conspiracy for the fake electors, and his phone call threatening the
Bluethroughu
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#26
"our institutions let US ALL down at this critical point in our country's history."
BumRushDaShow
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#32