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Ties Between Joe Biden and Merrick Garland Deteriorate From Distant to Frigid
WSJ ^ | Aruna Viswanatha & Sadie Gurman

Posted on 09/16/2023 5:55:46 PM PDT by NautiNurse

The already frosty relationship between President Biden and his attorney general, Merrick Garland, is now in a deep freeze.

Respect and admiration among White House aides for Garland, a longtime federal appeals-court judge chosen to underscore the independence of the Justice Department, has shifted for some into resignation and distrust.

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Some Biden aides have said they see Garland’s handling of the inquiries into the Biden family as driven less by a dispassionate pursuit of justice than by a punctilious desire to give the appearance that sensitive investigations are walled off from political pressure, people familiar with the matter say.

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The attorney general’s allies say those appointments aren’t him bending to pressure, but rather insulating the probes that touch on Biden—Garland’s boss and the man who appointed him.

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Adding to the fraught relationship between the Justice Department and the White House, special counsel Robert Hur has been negotiating with President Biden’s lawyers for weeks over the contours of an interview with the president...

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Allies of both Garland and Biden compare their relationship to the tense one between President Clinton and Janet Reno, his attorney general for eight years. Clinton was frustrated that Reno allowed an investigation into the failed Whitewater land deal to expand to a wide-ranging probe...

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When Garland attended a reception in the East Room at the White House last month, President Biden said to him: “Attorney General Garland—I haven’t seen you in a long while. It’s good to see you.”

The crowd laughed, and Biden added: “You think I’m kidding. I’m not.”

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; bidencrimefamily; bidenvoters; corruptjoe; crookedjoe; doj; garland; hunterbiden; meritlessgarland; merrickgarland
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To: DoodleBob
Garland transitioned to Mary Garland, a vindictive 12-year old girl who’s weaponized her tantrum at not being on SCOTUS.

Clever!

41 posted on 09/17/2023 12:25:14 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Vivek Ramaswamy the Brahmin. Thus, we are the commoners, servants and peasants. Just say NO. )
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To: FlyingEagle
That there is some world class WSJ propaganda

It would seem so. Right down to closing with Biden's notorious: “You think I’m kidding. I’m not.”

42 posted on 09/17/2023 12:41:17 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Vivek Ramaswamy the Brahmin. Thus, we are the commoners, servants and peasants. Just say NO. )
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To: frank ballenger

I’ll go with pusillanimous.


43 posted on 09/17/2023 12:43:07 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Vivek Ramaswamy the Brahmin. Thus, we are the commoners, servants and peasants. Just say NO. )
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To: quantim

Garland will tell Biden when to go to bed each night and Biden will do it.


44 posted on 09/17/2023 1:05:44 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: PGR88

The IRS and FBI whistleblowers were very inconvenient to the Garland cover up. Not to mention Hunter’s generous plea deal. Garland got exposed as a liar. Now he’s desperate to save his reputation while at the same time protecting Biden. Rock..hard place.


45 posted on 09/17/2023 2:47:46 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: NautiNurse

Pretty obvious the establishment is about to eject Biden/Harris overboard...

Latest polls are showing they really have little chance in winninh without manufacturing massive numbers of ballots... and know one will believe 81+ million votes again...

My guess is Biden/Harris will volunteer to step away and Newsome and Obama will be their ticket..


46 posted on 09/17/2023 5:41:39 AM PDT by PigRigger
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To: jimtorr

Oh, I would be willing to bet that they absolutely “found out” and that is precisely why you (and we) don’t know.


47 posted on 09/17/2023 6:16:26 AM PDT by my small voice (A biased media and an uneducated populace is the biggest threat to our nation.)
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To: napscoordinator; Liz

What exactly did Trump say? He saw Barr only once, or he saw him coming out of the cafeteria only once?


48 posted on 09/17/2023 9:42:21 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: cpdiii
This is all total crap from the WSJ to make Garland appear as non political when in fact he is Biden’s whore.

Bingo.

49 posted on 09/17/2023 10:01:40 AM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: NautiNurse

You don’t send me flowers anymore...


50 posted on 09/17/2023 10:05:39 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Eleutheria5
You don’t send me flowers anymore...

Yikes--you have inserted a Barbra Streisand ear worm. Unforgivable.

51 posted on 09/17/2023 10:09:58 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Vivek Ramaswamy the Brahmin. Thus, we are the commoners, servants and peasants. Just say NO. )
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

I believe Trump was alluding to Barr’s obesity.


52 posted on 09/17/2023 10:19:23 AM PDT by Liz ( 2024 Dems will have the same guy with the same team around him, just older.)
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To: NautiNurse

Garland. Flowers. It was impossible to resist.


53 posted on 09/17/2023 10:22:39 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Liz; napscoordinator

I have not seen a video clip of such a Trump comment. It would make sense for Trump to make a joke than to tell a obvious lie.


54 posted on 09/17/2023 10:30:45 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: NautiNurse

Garland is covering for Biden as well as he can. His job depends on it as well as Biden’s. But Joe is cranky and irritible, and Garland isn’t great at dealing with the situation, so it’s not all smiles and laughter between them. Still, the article is spin, or to be blunt, lies.


55 posted on 09/17/2023 10:36:53 AM PDT by x
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To: x
Garland is covering for Biden as well as he can.

Two astonishingly weak characters at the top of the U.S. Federal Govt. Who will blink first?

This isn't our father's WSJ. It is not recognizable as the former news source of yore.

56 posted on 09/17/2023 10:46:31 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Vivek Ramaswamy the Brahmin. Thus, we are the commoners, servants and peasants. Just say NO. )
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To: All

Bull.. that’s all I have to say about this dreck. Meritless does not take a dump without getting sign-off by ChinaJoe’s handlers.


57 posted on 09/17/2023 10:51:38 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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Because Garland is "only" 70, and the only thing protecting his turkey neck is Biden, which we can all see the wall rapidly approaching The White Hospice bus.

What's going on in the donkey cart is buyer's remorse, they thought Joe would be long gone by now, but they didn't count on Dr. JekILL.

58 posted on 09/17/2023 10:55:43 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: NautiNurse

A couple of turds in the same toilet bowl💩💩


59 posted on 09/17/2023 11:04:39 AM PDT by Johnny Wumbo
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

He saw Barr once during his presidency.


60 posted on 09/17/2023 12:41:41 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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