He was a federal prosecutor. He played a leading role in the prosecution of the Oklahoma City bombers. I also suggest the 30 Republicans that voted “nay” to his confirmation as AG did so for a reason. An atty general, not under the whip of an autocrat of a president, does not leave stones unturned.
I had forgotten that he was the Oklahoma City bombing prosecutor. I have (in my little world) seen some prosecutors who become judges that really do an outstanding job although they do, from time to time, make some head scratching rulings.
I hope Mr. Garland can connect with his prosecutorial roots and bring all of the miscreants to justice.
I imagine that is going to be a tough row to hoe for him, with the very agency he supervises becoming mired in the carp from the former guy.
Ally House, you may well be right, but the issue is what Mr. Garland choses to do or not with reference to the standing of a particular case. No one has asked him to prosecute it: he's the Attorney General of the United States. The decision that Mr. Trump, a citizen like you or me, is protected from prosecution for a crime committed before he was president is a peculiar one: the chief task of the DOJ at present is to return the country to the rule of law, and bring law into line with the pursuit of justice. See Elie Mystal's assessment of the situation: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-carroll-garland/
Sadly, what is being ruled on is a defamation suit, not the alleged crime.
I think that in Garland, we are seeing what happens when you get a judge as AG rather than a prosecutor.
He was a federal prosecutor. He played a leading role in the prosecution of the Oklahoma City bombers. I also suggest the 30 Republicans that voted “nay” to his confirmation as AG did so for a reason. An atty general, not under the whip of an autocrat of a president, does not leave stones unturned.
I had forgotten that he was the Oklahoma City bombing prosecutor. I have (in my little world) seen some prosecutors who become judges that really do an outstanding job although they do, from time to time, make some head scratching rulings.
I hope Mr. Garland can connect with his prosecutorial roots and bring all of the miscreants to justice.
I imagine that is going to be a tough row to hoe for him, with the very agency he supervises becoming mired in the carp from the former guy.
Absolutely. Very tough road with land moves.
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Ally House, you may well be right, but the issue is what Mr. Garland choses to do or not with reference to the standing of a particular case. No one has asked him to prosecute it: he's the Attorney General of the United States. The decision that Mr. Trump, a citizen like you or me, is protected from prosecution for a crime committed before he was president is a peculiar one: the chief task of the DOJ at present is to return the country to the rule of law, and bring law into line with the pursuit of justice. See Elie Mystal's assessment of the situation: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-carroll-garland/