Now Time Magazine will put Attorney General Garland on the short list for Person of the Year 2022 although there is probably little chance it could be anyone but President Zelensky. Still AG Garland may be someone in the right place at the right time to save democracy.
Anyone who lived through the sixties, as I did, ought to be shocked to find themselves living in a world where Republicans believe the FBI violates people's rights. The world is turned upside down.
Aug 12, 2022·edited Aug 12, 2022Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
Robert, While I so appreciated you providing just enough context to ensure readers could follow your penetrating analysis, the statement that really got to me read, “[N]o one ‘wins’ or ‘loses’ when justice is done. Rather, the Constitution and the rule of law are vindicated…”. For me, your statement underscores, flaws notwithstanding, just how intently our founders, with such insight and precision, sweat the details of nation building.
Much as I had thought AG Garland was missing in action on the highest level of involvement in the Insurrection, I thought he did an excellent job in standing up to the BS being slung around by the Republicans here. I had a glimpse that we might actually have rule of law here in America. An important part of his speech was to stand up for the FBI. I was momentarily proud to be an American.
Like Elliott Richardson before him, Merrick Garland has finally put his best foot forward, and especially after the ill-fated nail gun attack on the Cincinnati Field Office, there is no going back. DJT has essentially painted HIMSELF into a corner. The only thing he can do, that has a faint glimmer of integrity, is to release the documents himself. I am not waiting with bated breath.
Attorney General Garland stood up and demonstrated that he will not back off or be pushed around by Trump or his Congressional followers. He sent a very clear warning shot across Trump’s bow. What I find interesting is this could have been a “ test run” by Garland on how Trump World will react when Trump is indicted and re-enforces why Garland is taking his time and building a bullet proof case, just like the inventory and supporting g documents will confirm why the search was required on MAL I suspect when Trump is indicted the facts and evidence will be overwhelming. Two other side notes. The fact that the press release about Trump’s statement on what happened contained a blatant attempt at fund raising should have been a tip off about what was happening and the fact Trump would not release the inventory he has had for a few days should have been a dead give away.
Senators McCarthy, Hawley, Cruz, Graham and Scalise should all be pressed by the media about why Trump needed top secret documents about nuclear weapons at MAL.
T***p's statement that he won't oppose the release of the warrant's info is another big lie. Of course he doesn't want it released! His lawyer(s) will file the motion to suppress it, and Tfg will claim he has nothing to hide, but his "great" lawyers are just protecting him from the "witch hunt" ... or some other fool statement.
I am shocked that nobody is considering the likelihood that tfg was working on a highly classified, and ground breaking, nuclear research project. Probably something to cure world hunger or eliminate homelessness or illiteracy. /s
The next months still remain trepidatious. The world order is being challenged in many places and I still go to bed and wake up worried. AG Garland is showing his integrity and love of our founding principles as well as showing he is a shrewd chess player, so to speak.
I remember my 5th grade teacher in NJ saying the two sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were orphaned in nearby Toms River and that they were about two years apart and about my age. Their parents had just been executed (1953), having been found guilt of providing nuclear secrets to the USSR. But Trump's loyalists will see no problem if he has done the same thing.
That cabal of GOP White Christian Nationalists (which term automatically includes Fox pseudo-Entertainment) of course justifies or at least excuses Trump's criminal act of absconding with state secrets, and his lying about it. Instead, they blame the FBI, the Department of Justice, and Merrick Garland for bringing shame upon Trumpsky, saying that they excessively enforced the law against Trump's illegal keeping top secret information. And they falsely claim (to rile and incite their White Christian Nationalists sycophants and toadies), that Trump's so-called home was illegally raided in secret, and that the FBI violated Trump's rights.
Is the word "hypocrites" applicable to the GOP?
The right wing GOP excoriated and held an endless auto-da-fe for Hillary Clinton for her private email server (which did not contain top secret information) as well as for the Benghazi event that she did not create nor exacerbate. [Note: Despite the false assertions of Jim Jordan and Trey Gowdy (who still reminds me of Howdy Doody), we should remember that Ambassador Chris Stevens was not murdered. He suffered smoke inhalation while he was in the Embassy's safe room, was rescued by Libyan civilians who worked with Stevens, and was taken to a hospital where he later died from the smoke inhalations.] Oh, and don't forget how FBI Director James Comey--to the glee of the GOP--sank Hillary's campaign and effected the election of Trump by announcing 11 days before the November 8th election day, that the FBI was investigating whether Hillary had kept classified information on her server, and then , after the damage was irreparably done, he whitewashed his defenestration by announcing that the investigation found nothing. The GOP did not complain about those FBI's actions.
Is the word "hypocrites" applicable to the GOP?
If Obama had taken so much as a "classified" want ad from the Washington Post with him when he left the White House, Trump, Jim Jordan, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Ron Johnson, and the other faux self-styled "patriots"--cum insurrectionists and traitors -- would have demanded Obama be immediately put before a firing squad, drawn and quartered, and his head "set upon a pike" in the lobby of the Trump International Hotel.
The cabal are still knee-jerk loyal to their crime boss, who in his recent deposition only answered one question: "What is your name?", and then proceeded to "take the 5th" over 500 times for all other questions. Had I been the questioner, I would have asked "Do you love your current wife?" and "Have you ever shot par on any of your golf courses?" to see if he would take the 5th on that.
Now Time Magazine will put Attorney General Garland on the short list for Person of the Year 2022 although there is probably little chance it could be anyone but President Zelensky. Still AG Garland may be someone in the right place at the right time to save democracy.
Anyone who lived through the sixties, as I did, ought to be shocked to find themselves living in a world where Republicans believe the FBI violates people's rights. The world is turned upside down.
Robert, While I so appreciated you providing just enough context to ensure readers could follow your penetrating analysis, the statement that really got to me read, “[N]o one ‘wins’ or ‘loses’ when justice is done. Rather, the Constitution and the rule of law are vindicated…”. For me, your statement underscores, flaws notwithstanding, just how intently our founders, with such insight and precision, sweat the details of nation building.
Much as I had thought AG Garland was missing in action on the highest level of involvement in the Insurrection, I thought he did an excellent job in standing up to the BS being slung around by the Republicans here. I had a glimpse that we might actually have rule of law here in America. An important part of his speech was to stand up for the FBI. I was momentarily proud to be an American.
Like Elliott Richardson before him, Merrick Garland has finally put his best foot forward, and especially after the ill-fated nail gun attack on the Cincinnati Field Office, there is no going back. DJT has essentially painted HIMSELF into a corner. The only thing he can do, that has a faint glimmer of integrity, is to release the documents himself. I am not waiting with bated breath.
Are the nuke documents payback for MBS’s investment with Jared?
Attorney General Garland stood up and demonstrated that he will not back off or be pushed around by Trump or his Congressional followers. He sent a very clear warning shot across Trump’s bow. What I find interesting is this could have been a “ test run” by Garland on how Trump World will react when Trump is indicted and re-enforces why Garland is taking his time and building a bullet proof case, just like the inventory and supporting g documents will confirm why the search was required on MAL I suspect when Trump is indicted the facts and evidence will be overwhelming. Two other side notes. The fact that the press release about Trump’s statement on what happened contained a blatant attempt at fund raising should have been a tip off about what was happening and the fact Trump would not release the inventory he has had for a few days should have been a dead give away.
Senators McCarthy, Hawley, Cruz, Graham and Scalise should all be pressed by the media about why Trump needed top secret documents about nuclear weapons at MAL.
T***p's statement that he won't oppose the release of the warrant's info is another big lie. Of course he doesn't want it released! His lawyer(s) will file the motion to suppress it, and Tfg will claim he has nothing to hide, but his "great" lawyers are just protecting him from the "witch hunt" ... or some other fool statement.
Thanks again for cutting to the facts Robert. Your support of Merrick Garland's thorough approach-and be patient is proving so true!
There is speculation arising from 2019 that the former president planned on sharing nuclear secrets with Saudi Arabia :https://twitter.com/HC_Richardson/status/1557910943107006466?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email
I can't wait for Rubio, Scott, DeSantis and the rest to choke on their words of support.
I am shocked that nobody is considering the likelihood that tfg was working on a highly classified, and ground breaking, nuclear research project. Probably something to cure world hunger or eliminate homelessness or illiteracy. /s
The next months still remain trepidatious. The world order is being challenged in many places and I still go to bed and wake up worried. AG Garland is showing his integrity and love of our founding principles as well as showing he is a shrewd chess player, so to speak.
I remember my 5th grade teacher in NJ saying the two sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were orphaned in nearby Toms River and that they were about two years apart and about my age. Their parents had just been executed (1953), having been found guilt of providing nuclear secrets to the USSR. But Trump's loyalists will see no problem if he has done the same thing.
Merrick Garland is my new hero......
That cabal of GOP White Christian Nationalists (which term automatically includes Fox pseudo-Entertainment) of course justifies or at least excuses Trump's criminal act of absconding with state secrets, and his lying about it. Instead, they blame the FBI, the Department of Justice, and Merrick Garland for bringing shame upon Trumpsky, saying that they excessively enforced the law against Trump's illegal keeping top secret information. And they falsely claim (to rile and incite their White Christian Nationalists sycophants and toadies), that Trump's so-called home was illegally raided in secret, and that the FBI violated Trump's rights.
Is the word "hypocrites" applicable to the GOP?
The right wing GOP excoriated and held an endless auto-da-fe for Hillary Clinton for her private email server (which did not contain top secret information) as well as for the Benghazi event that she did not create nor exacerbate. [Note: Despite the false assertions of Jim Jordan and Trey Gowdy (who still reminds me of Howdy Doody), we should remember that Ambassador Chris Stevens was not murdered. He suffered smoke inhalation while he was in the Embassy's safe room, was rescued by Libyan civilians who worked with Stevens, and was taken to a hospital where he later died from the smoke inhalations.] Oh, and don't forget how FBI Director James Comey--to the glee of the GOP--sank Hillary's campaign and effected the election of Trump by announcing 11 days before the November 8th election day, that the FBI was investigating whether Hillary had kept classified information on her server, and then , after the damage was irreparably done, he whitewashed his defenestration by announcing that the investigation found nothing. The GOP did not complain about those FBI's actions.
Is the word "hypocrites" applicable to the GOP?
If Obama had taken so much as a "classified" want ad from the Washington Post with him when he left the White House, Trump, Jim Jordan, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Ron Johnson, and the other faux self-styled "patriots"--cum insurrectionists and traitors -- would have demanded Obama be immediately put before a firing squad, drawn and quartered, and his head "set upon a pike" in the lobby of the Trump International Hotel.
The cabal are still knee-jerk loyal to their crime boss, who in his recent deposition only answered one question: "What is your name?", and then proceeded to "take the 5th" over 500 times for all other questions. Had I been the questioner, I would have asked "Do you love your current wife?" and "Have you ever shot par on any of your golf courses?" to see if he would take the 5th on that.
I hope Garland plays a special flute for lemmings and that they will reach the cliff this November.