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Merrick Garland to transfer power during back surgery
Politico ^

Posted on 01/30/2024 4:08:35 AM PST by Tench_Coxe

Attorney General Merrick Garland will be out of commission this weekend due to back surgery and is going out of his way to make sure that there are no doubts about who will be in charge during his absence.

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Garland, 71, will turn over his duties to the Justice Department’s No. 2 official — Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco — during the surgery and while he recovers from the anesthesia, Hinojosa said. He’s expected to return to work the following week, she said.

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So the actual Attorney General has to step into the limelight for a bit....
1 posted on 01/30/2024 4:08:35 AM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: Tench_Coxe

Back surgeries rarely go well. At least with everyone that I know that had them.


2 posted on 01/30/2024 4:23:18 AM PST by albie
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Maybe he’s getting a spine transplant.


3 posted on 01/30/2024 4:25:38 AM PST by Spok (It takes a lot of learning to understand how little we know. (Paraphrasing Thomas Sowell.))
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“Maybe he’s getting a spine transplant.”

You beat me to it.... but I was going to say get a backbone.

spineless little sh!t


4 posted on 01/30/2024 4:30:25 AM PST by DOC44 ( )
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To: Spok

That’s what I said. Then my sister corrected me. She said he has he has a stronger spine than most Republicans. (Sadly.)


5 posted on 01/30/2024 4:34:01 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant tasof death but once.")
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To: Tench_Coxe

However, Garland’s treason will remain with him.


6 posted on 01/30/2024 4:36:54 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: Spok

BTTT


7 posted on 01/30/2024 4:40:54 AM PST by nopardons
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To: albie

We can only hope.


8 posted on 01/30/2024 4:45:38 AM PST by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Giving it back to Satan for the duration.


9 posted on 01/30/2024 5:02:41 AM PST by Fido969
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To: Tench_Coxe

Attorney General Merrick Garland will be out of commission this weekend due to back surgery>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

You mean somebody finally stabbed the traitor in the back and they have to surgically remove the knife?

Wishing him all the best of luck and a brilliant recovery ( sarc.).


10 posted on 01/30/2024 5:05:15 AM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Lisa Monaco Will be in charge, officially, MMM. How many more investigations can she open into Trump, his former officials and supporters over the weekend? Of course this would leave Merrick’s hands clean…….. so he could actually testify to Congress truthfully with his Sergeant Schultz imitation….


11 posted on 01/30/2024 5:14:12 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Lisa Monaco is every bit as despicable as Garland.


12 posted on 01/30/2024 5:17:45 AM PST by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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"Lisa Monaco is every bit as despicable as Garland."

I would argue she is the real nexus (one of several, probably) of the lawfare business from DOJ, not Garland. Garland has the title, but Monaco has been the "power behind the throne".

13 posted on 01/30/2024 5:25:18 AM PST by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Hope it’s painful.


14 posted on 01/30/2024 5:34:19 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: albie

This one is from carrying Bidens water for 3 years.


15 posted on 01/30/2024 6:18:31 AM PST by pas
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To: Tench_Coxe

I had wondered about Monaco. Will she be even worse than Garland? There seems to be little hope that she will be better. Depending on how long he is out, it may not even make a difference.


16 posted on 01/30/2024 6:20:01 AM PST by oldtech
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To: Tench_Coxe

Back surgery, he must have alot of back pain. The Lord works in mysterious ways.


17 posted on 01/30/2024 6:20:47 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Tench_Coxe

Lisa Monaco

6th United States Homeland Security Advisor
In office
March 8, 2013 – January 20, 2017
President Barack Obama
Preceded by John O. Brennan
Succeeded by Tom Bossert
United States Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division
In office
July 1, 2011 – March 8, 2013
President Barack Obama
Preceded by David S. Kris
Succeeded by John P. Carlin


18 posted on 01/30/2024 6:38:28 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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“Power”?

What, the guy is some kind of Satrap?


19 posted on 01/30/2024 7:00:13 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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“Power”?

Yep, the power of lawfare against your political opponents.

20 posted on 01/30/2024 7:01:43 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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