Where the fuck is Garland?

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19. (sigh) the absence of public information is not evidence of inaction or dereliction of duty by DOJ

You clearly haven’t been paying attention (or only looking for indictments, mug shots and perp walks).

The bulk of the physical evidence has only been available to the committee, and to DOJ, since the the SCOTUS ruling on Trump’s privilege claims in January . This includes all of Eastman’s incriminating documents.

DOJ empaneled a Grand Jury(ies) in February , and has been calling witnesses from Trump’s inner circle, the fraudulent electors scheme and the VIP section of the January 6 Stop The Steal rally. No, we don’t know the names of who has been subpoenaed.

Crimes like Seditious Conspiracy and Obstruction of an Official Proceeding are extremely complex and difficult to prosecute. Garland could rush out indictments to satisfy your uninformed impatience, but then would likely lose the cases. They just charged the Proud Boys leaders with Seditious conspiracy yesterday , likely because of cooperation deals with Oathkeepers and other PB’s.

Yes, I too am pissed, and the survival of American democracy is at stake, but I don’t want to see a bunch of rushed indictments result in a bunch of acquittals or dismissals. Yes, I said rushed- it hasn’t been “18 months” that the investigators have had access to crucial evidence. Also worth noting is that prosecutions of complex crimes take time - John Mitchell didn’t go to prison for nearly three years after Watergate, and he was convicted of the comparatively simple crimes of perjury and simple obstruction.