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Jack Smith and Merrick Garland have poisoned the DOJ
Flopping Aces ^ | 08-31-24 | DrJohn

Posted on 08/31/2024 7:06:14 AM PDT by Starman417

Three days ago, Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment against Donald Trump. That's highly significant for a reason. It demolishes the veneer of impartiality and destroys something else.

Three years ago, I wrote an article about how US Attorney David Weiss tipped the election in favor of Joe Biden by burying the Hunter Biden tax and laptop scandals.

Weiss was praised for his restraint in not indicting the younger Biden.

Last summer, federal officials in Delaware investigating Hunter Biden faced a dilemma. The probe had reached a point where prosecutors could have sought search warrants and issued a flurry of grand jury subpoenas. Some officials involved in the case wanted to do just that. Others urged caution. They advised Delaware’s U.S. Attorney, David Weiss, to avoid taking any actions that could alert the public to the existence of the case in the middle of a presidential election.

“To his credit, he listened,” said a person involved in the discussions, reported here for the first time. Weiss decided to wait, averting the possibility that the investigation would become a months-long campaign issue.

By last summer, the probe had reached a point at which investigators could have issued grand jury subpoenas and sought search warrants that might have revealed its existence at a time when many of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters were seeking to draw attention to Hunter Biden’s actions.

Weiss, however, decided to delay taking any actions that were likely to make the existence of the Hunter Biden probe public. Concerns about affecting the presidential election loomed large when Weiss entertained arguments about advancing the probe, according to the person involved in the discussions. No matter what he did, the decision was sure to come under scrutiny for signs of politicization.

Obviously, Weiss was protecting his local friend Joe Biden. The argument was that Weiss's inaction was in accord with a long-standing DOJ policy:

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: despotism; doj; garland; jacksmith; weiss
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To: SMARTY

Yup. Jack and Merrick are simply the symptoms, not the real disease.


21 posted on 08/31/2024 9:24:29 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Oh. Saint Sanctimoniuous the most Sanctified of those whose poop smells like the finest perfume. IOWs the mark of globalist satanist scum.


22 posted on 08/31/2024 9:40:40 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Sgt_Schultze

I’ve wondered about the reference to FIB. Is this the False Information Bureau that is referred to ?


23 posted on 08/31/2024 10:32:56 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: Starman417

They’ve poisoned the courts of the country as well.


24 posted on 08/31/2024 10:45:33 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Starman417

Garland can’t take a dump without Lisa Monaco’s permission.


25 posted on 08/31/2024 5:31:22 PM PDT by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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To: AndyJackson

Yeah I was wondering that too. Is that some kind of bow to some medieval inquisitioner?


26 posted on 08/31/2024 6:23:54 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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