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In reply to the discussion: DJT referring Adam Schiff for criminal mortgage fraud investigation [View all]Ol Janx Spirit
(353 posts)51. Muller was hand-picked by Rod Rosenstein who was appointed by Turnip to be...
...deputy attorney general. Muller's own background was being the FBI director appointed by George W. Bush. Did anyone really think that investigation was going anywhere? I was shocked that it resulted in charges against 34 individuals and three companies.
There was no world in which an investigation by an appointee of an appointee of the guy being investigated under a department of justice being run by the guy being investigated was ever going to actually point a finger at the guy being investigated.
Garland--having been appointed by Biden--should have had free reign to investigate anything Turnip did without fear of it being quashed by the Biden Administration.
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DJT referring Adam Schiff for criminal mortgage fraud investigation [View all]
allegorical oracle
Jul 16
OP
I like to think of this type of response as the "Newsom effect". Hit back with words. It totally confuses MAGA
in2herbs
Jul 16
#4
My fear with Garland was always that he was basically a "safe" choice by President Obama to fill...
Ol Janx Spirit
Jul 17
#52
Muller was hand-picked by Rod Rosenstein who was appointed by Turnip to be...
Ol Janx Spirit
Jul 17
#51
Trump has already poisoned the jury pool making it untriable, and made clear it is political prosecution.
SunSeeker
Jul 16
#17
Same tactic he is trying on Powell over renovations to Fed Reserve offices. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 16
#30
Maddow Blog-Trump escalates attacks on Adam Schiff, accuses Democratic senator of criminal fraud
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 17
#53