The corruption of Attorney General Merrick Garland, by Jonathan Turley

Jonathan Turley started out as a big fan of our illustrious Attorney General. From Turley at thehill.com:

This week, Attorney General Merrick Garland took to the pages of the Washington Post to lash out at critics who are spreading what he considers “conspiracy theories crafted and spread for the purpose of undermining public trust in the judicial process itself.” His column, titled “Unfounded attacks on the Justice Department must end,” missed the point.

It is Garland himself who has become the problem. The solution is in Wilmington, Delaware, where 12 average citizens just showed a commitment to the rule of law that seems to be harder and harder for the attorney general to meet.

Since his appointment, Garland has repeated a mantra that he is apolitical and would never yield to the pressures of politics or the White House. When he was nominated, I believed that claim and enthusiastically supported Garland’s confirmation. He was, I thought, the perfect man for the job after his distinguished judicial service as a moderate judge.

I was wrong. Garland’s tenure as attorney general has shown a pronounced reluctance to take steps that would threaten President Biden. He slow-walked the appointment of a special counsel investigating any Biden, and then excluded from the counsel’s scope any investigation of the massive influence peddling operation by Hunter Biden, his uncle and others.

However, it is what has occurred in the last six months that has left some of us shaken, given our early faith in Garland.

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One response to “The corruption of Attorney General Merrick Garland, by Jonathan Turley

  1. Neo is the One

    The jury pulled rank? Sweet.

    The law applies to everyone or it applies to no one.

    Got Anarcho-Tyranny?

    Comrade Kommissar’s actions have undermined as they now have a thimble full of credibility with room to spare.

    You did build that.

    Did the Connecticut lawyer’s gag order come from the esteemed CPUSA (D) party member?

    The only thing CCP Mitch MC did right was blocking him from SCROTUS but he can probably do more damage where is now.

    This just in from Fleetwood Mac:

    Hypnotized

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