AG Garland appoints special counsel

[CunningCanuk]

I must have been really bad before cause potroast pulled more than a few of my posts.

I liked potroast and appreciated his dislike for the nonsense from the “other side”. While that may not be a good quality for a moderator, as far as I’m concerned it’s a good quality for a human being.

I hope he’s doing alright.

 

[Fogdog]

I am just an old hippie. While I know many people nowadays like to pigeonhole other people. Or use identity politics. Ever since Nixon and Watergate I've had a hard time trusting any politician. I believe in a person's rights and their freedom to exercise those rights. That simply makes me an American citizen who wants smaller government and more freedom.

This has what to do with your complaint about Biden's staff finding classified documents in a locked closet somewhere and immediately notifying the people in charge of them?

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Another special counsel appointed: Biden and Trump's documents issues are different as night and day

12,725 views Jan 12, 2023 #TeamJustice
Attorney General Merrick Garland just appointed a second special counsel, this one to investigate President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents. Although Garland's decision to appoint a special counsel was appropriate under the Special Counsel statute, this video discusses the reasons that Biden's handling of classified documents and Trump's handling of classified documents is as different as night and day.

 

[Fogdog]

Another special counsel appointed: Biden and Trump's documents issues are different as night and day

12,725 views Jan 12, 2023 #TeamJustice
Attorney General Merrick Garland just appointed a second special counsel, this one to investigate President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents. Although Garland's decision to appoint a special counsel was appropriate under the Special Counsel statute, this video discusses the reasons that Biden's handling of classified documents and Trump's handling of classified documents is as different as night and day.

Next up: House Republican mount an impeachment hearing over this shocking matter.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Feds closing in on citizen Trump? 'Accelerating' probe eyes money with new subpoena

32,280 views Jan 12, 2023 #msnbc #trump #january6
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s January 6th investigation is intensifying. The Washington Post reporting The Department of Justice subpoenaed Trump campaign officials for information on the money trail, voting machines, fundraising, false electors and more. Lawyers saying the open Jan. 6 grand jury is "accelerating " in recent weeks, with new witnesses. It comes as Politico reports the DOJ obtained secret files from the January 6th committee that it did not release to the public. MSNBC chief legal correspondent Ari Melber reports on these developments and what clues can be gleaned on the probe.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Next up: House Republican mount an impeachment hearing over this shocking matter.

To do anything they need to go to court, even to get subpoenas for witnesses, if the DOJ does not cooperate in obstruction of justice. Their public utterances about these matters would come back to haunt them and court fillings over J6 might be like those at Mar-A logo, with the phots of top secret documents, submissions to the court are made under oath etc. The last place some of these congress people want to be is in court. I honestly think Mark Meadows is cooperating and will be a giant ace up Jack's sleeve when he goes to war with the GOP house, they publicly declared war on the DOJ and his people. It will be mix of politics and law, it is about political, legal and constitutional issues and all are linked. Jack will win and they will regret trying to fuck with the investigation. Taking Donald down first will make a lot of them stand up and take notice and give Jack lot's of leverage in the J6 case, Mark helped him steal those documents and facilitated their transfer among other crimes Jack would have him for.

 

[Fogdog]

To do anything they need to go to court, even to get subpoenas for witnesses, if the DOJ does not cooperate in obstruction of justice. Their public utterances about these matters would come back to haunt them and court fillings over J6 might be like those at Mar-A logo, with the phots of top secret documents, submissions to the court are made under oath etc. The last place some of these congress people want to be is in court. I honestly think Mark Meadows is cooperating and will be a giant ace up Jack's sleeve when he goes to war with the GOP house, they publicly declared war on the DOJ and his people. It will be mix of politics and law, it is about political, legal and constitutional issues and all are linked. Jack will win and they will regret trying to fuck with the investigation. Taking Donald down first will make a lot of them stand up and take notice and give Jack lot's of leverage in the J6 case, Mark helped him steal those documents and facilitated their transfer among other crimes Jack would have him for.

I was talking about the shocking matter of aides finding classified documents in Biden's garage.

The Republican controlled House is the only body with the power to impeach Biden. The courts have nothing to do with it. All they need is a majority vote to impeach. I predict many impeachment hearings to follow. They have a bone to chew due to Democrats exercising their power to impeach Trump. Never mind if it makes any sense.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

I was talking about the shocking matter of aides finding classified documents in Biden's garage.

The Republican controlled House is the only body with the power to impeach Biden. The courts have nothing to do with it. All they need is a majority vote to impeach. I predict many impeachment hearings to follow. They have a bone to chew due to Democrats exercising their power to impeach Trump. Never mind if it makes any sense.

They might have trouble on that one, their majority is pretty thin and might get thinner. The DOJ will only turn over Biden's document case after the investigation is done and any action taken against staff. This special counsel investigation actually insulates Biden from that shit with a previous investigation and report made to Garland if required. Calling the prosecutors as witnesses could be humiliating and problematic. A special counsel will delay it and stifle it with a DOJ report to Garland and a staffer's head. These folks are smarter than the republicans in the house, Gym Jordan is a Gym teacher and these DOJ guys are no dummies, they know who and what they are dealing with, a target of investigation, like a few others.

Someone brought Biden the documents and took them away when he was finished with them and Joe followed procedures and protocols, someone on his staff did not. Someone on his staff packed them among personal items too and character counts with Joe's people they will fess up to it and there will be no blame shifting, someone was responsible for handling and storing documents using long established procedures. Joe fully staffed out his and Obama's WH and has layers between him and this incident.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

I was talking about the shocking matter of aides finding classified documents in Biden's garage.

The Republican controlled House is the only body with the power to impeach Biden. The courts have nothing to do with it. All they need is a majority vote to impeach. I predict many impeachment hearings to follow. They have a bone to chew due to Democrats exercising their power to impeach Trump. Never mind if it makes any sense.

One other thing, if they did impeach Joe they would have no case IMHO and it would be a circus. I don't think Mitch would go along in the senate and they could end up with only a few senate votes and humiliation with a split party.

 

[Fogdog]

They might have trouble on that one, their majority is pretty thin and might get thinner. The DOJ will only turn over Biden's document case after the investigation is done and any action taken against staff. This special counsel investigation actually insulates Biden from that shit with a previous investigation and report made to Garland if required. Calling the prosecutors as witnesses could be humiliating and problematic. A special counsel will delay it and stifle it with a DOJ report to Garland and a staffer's head. These folks are smarter than the republicans in the house, Gym Jordan is a Gym teacher and these DOJ guys are no dummies, they know who and what they are dealing with, a target of investigation, like a few others.

Someone brought Biden the documents and took them away when he was finished with them and Joe followed procedures and protocols, someone on his staff did not. Someone on his staff packed them among personal items too and character counts with Joe's people they will fess up to it and there will be no blame shifting, someone was responsible for handling and storing documents using long established procedures. Joe fully staffed out his and Obama's WH and has layers between him and this incident.

It won't stop the House from holding impeachment hearings.

I might be wrong but they've been talking about an impeachment over Hunter Biden for months already and they have nothing at all to use in that case. You've seen it before. Republicans do what they want regardless of the facts.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

It won't stop the House from holding impeachment hearings.

I might be wrong but they've been talking about an impeachment over Hunter Biden for months already and they have nothing at all to use in that case. You've seen it before. Republicans do what they want regardless of the facts.

If they do, they will be interfering in an ongoing DOJ special counsel's investigation and will need to wait until it is completed to at least get subpoenas or any information on the investigation. Then the report Hur makes to Garland will be in their face and perhaps an ongoing prosecution of a staffer. Garland probably already knows all about the Biden stuff and what the special counsel will conclude. Mitch might come out in the middle of their circus and say no way will he vote to convict with a contrary DOJ report in hand or on the way. There are many possibilities and traps for the stupid and it is a path that will lead nowhere for them except internal divison.

 

[cannabineer]

Next up: House Republican mount an impeachment hearing over this shocking matter.

All these massaging bills are rubbing me the wrong way.

 

[sunni]

I must have been really bad before cause potroast pulled more than a few of my posts.

I liked potroast and appreciated his dislike for the nonsense from the “other side”. While that may not be a good quality for a moderator, as far as I’m concerned it’s a good quality for a human being.

I hope he’s doing alright.

Do you Think I’m not a good human

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Heh Canuck!!! Yell at Treaudaux. Or pay US taxes. No representation for the un taxed!!

Hey I'm watching the circus with a big bag of popcorn, its the greatest show on earth. Kinda like watching the drunk neighbors across the street wrestle naked in the snow on their front lawn!

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Do you Think I’m not a good human

Let's just blame it all on Trump, the Trump years were intense political years and tore American families apart, that acrimony was often reflected here. Politics was a handful during Trump and the pandemic, the events have affected RIU too and the community of users. The whole social media world has been in flux lately and Elon going mad on twitter isn't helping!

 

[Fogdog]

The democrats have turned on Biden. They want him gone. Biden is a crook though and is a pathetic feeble old man who has led the way in lies about himself and corruption. He was voted in by a bunch of insurrectionists and election deniers.

We now know Trump was never colluding with the Russians (sussman) trial), Hilary started the Russia crap (Sussman) trial) and the FBI never believed it (Sussman trial).

We also know...
Trump lawyers first contacted the White House/FBI and told them they found classified documents. They were told to hand them over and they did. Then trump lawyers called and said they found some more documents and then the FBI raided Mar-a-lago.

It is exactly the same scenario as Biden. They keep lying and saying it isn't but it is. Why isn't Biden being raided?
Trump team had them in Mar-a-lago in a locked room. Mar-a-lago has security including the secrete service inside and outside. Biden had his in a fucking garage. But it was locked and his vette was in there.

They knew all about Biden's documents before the midterms too. The fix is always in with the democrats. The party of liars and cheaters.

Welcome new member. Whose sock are you?

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Lawrence on Trump's 'blaring pathological lies' about docs probe

20,536 views Jan 13, 2023 #msnbc #trump #biden
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why the media will “completely ignore the poison madness” from Trump attacking the special counsel investigating him for possessing classified documents while picking apart what President Biden says and doesn’t say about the investigation into his classified documents.

 

[Fogdog]

There it is, folks. The facts don't matter, what matters is Republicans have a bone to pick and nothing else to do. They didn't plan on doing anything else except pursue the laughably bad case surrounding Hunter. Joe Biden is not denying he had the documents, and so, the ball is in the hands of Republicans to do with as they will.

How White House missteps exacerbated Biden's classified documents headache | CNN Politics

Joe Biden is facing the worst political crisis of his presidency after a failed attempt at damage control over his classified documents controversy landed him with what all White Houses dread -- the naming of a special counsel.

www.cnn.com

the glaring vulnerability for Biden is that while the two cases can be separated legally, they are politically intertwined. Any conclusion after twin special counsel probes that cleared Biden but accused Trump of wrongdoing would cause uproar among Republicans whatever the relative facts of each case.
To a voter not following every twist of the drama, it will be easy for Republicans to argue that Biden’s Justice Department is pursuing Trump for a transgression of which the president is also guilty.

The intense political sensitivity of investigating a former president and current presidential candidate prompted Attorney General Merrick Garland to name Jack Smith as special counsel for the Trump investigations late last year.

 

[CunningCanuk]

Do you Think I’m not a good human

I didn’t mean that as it sounded and wasn’t comparing potroast to you or any other mod. I was referring to the people on the “other side” when i made that comparison.

I don’t agree with all of your decisions but accept them with no complaint. I think you’re a fine human doing a shitty job.

 

[CunningCanuk]

Heh Canuck!!! Yell at Treaudaux. Or pay US taxes. No representation for the un taxed!!

My wife is American/Canadian and she pays both US and Canadian taxes. Since we share income and expenses, I’ve paid more US taxes in the past 5 years than one your “billionaire” ex presidents.

Probably more than you, too.