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Silent3

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25. This inaction doesn't require a conspiracy

Wed Mar 1, 2023, 03:45 PM

Mar 2023

It does show, once again, that we have a deeply ingrained culture of treating wealthy, powerful, and well-connected people differently. Conspiracy isn't needed when these attitudes and interests are shared.

This also makes a good case for the perception that the pace of the DoJ investigating Trump is not slowed down only by arcane, complex, time-consuming-but-diligent processes that we mere mortals can't possibly understand.

None of us can know for certain until this saga is well hashed-out in history books, history books that might not be written before many of us here are dead, but it is a very well justified suspicion that fear and reluctance are a big part of why, not just because of the FBI, but due to all aspects of this country's legal system, Trump and his cronies have not yet faced any consequences for insurrection and countless other crimes, and most certainly are not guaranteed to face consequences.

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Experts blast FBI after bombshell report reveals agents were 'afraid' to raid Mar-a-Lago [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 OP

May I suggest a new FBI seal? Ray Bruns Mar 2023 #1

Whose side is the deep state on again? Walleye Mar 2023 #2

JFC. That is all. Comfortably_Numb Mar 2023 #3

Some light reading republianmushroom Mar 2023 #4

Good stuff. dchill Mar 2023 #11

Unbelievable underpants Mar 2023 #5

Oh, I believe it. dchill Mar 2023 #8

Oh, geeeebz. He's NOT a King, and he Took classified items that Weren't his to take. electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #6

And Garland has failed to clean out the FBI ....why? And Biden has failed to fire Chris Wray..WHY? BComplex Mar 2023 #7

Why is ANYBODY from the Trump administration still serving in government? hadEnuf Mar 2023 #23

Excellent questions Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #27

the warrant was served treestar Mar 2023 #54

The ones who objected caused months of delays Silent3 Mar 2023 #81

'Afraid' or MAGAt protectors? moondust Mar 2023 #9

I think this scared reaction newdayneeded Mar 2023 #10

Count me among the gravely disappointed. calimary Mar 2023 #37

Not only did trump steal classified docs newdayneeded Mar 2023 #40

One more time for the folks in the back gratuitous Mar 2023 #12

Agree, 1000%, though I doubt the media will comply... Shipwack Mar 2023 #14

The FBI seems to be deeply compromised. yardwork Mar 2023 #13

Yes it is, gab13by13 Mar 2023 #15

Re the " Bottom line; Garland is an institutionalist, he is afraid of finding corruption that will ancianita Mar 2023 #31

Good one GAB DENVERPOPS Mar 2023 #34

Not surprising if Faux Nee-use is blasting lies everywhere they go... Justice matters. Mar 2023 #44

What does that say about the agency that should be investigating them and holding them accountable. onecaliberal Mar 2023 #21

Come ON. All this chronic FUD over Garland? Come ON. ancianita Mar 2023 #32

If tfg is not held accountable for the insurrection by November 2024 Justice matters. Mar 2023 #45

IF. I take it you're in the "I'll believe it when I see it" crowd. ancianita Mar 2023 #49

scott perry's phone case will go through appeals all the way to the SC. Justice matters. Mar 2023 #53

Don't blame the AG or DOJ for the impediments of "due process." ancianita Mar 2023 #55

I'm glad you put "due process" in scare quotes Silent3 Mar 2023 #58

They don't get due process as a choice; they get the full extent of due process the law allows. ancianita Mar 2023 #61

If not everyone gets it, only people with expensive teams of lawyers... Silent3 Mar 2023 #62

IF. ancianita Mar 2023 #64

What on earth does your response have to do with what I just said? Silent3 Mar 2023 #65

So put your point in one sentence. Because apparently I don't get it. ancianita Mar 2023 #67

"due process" would have started at least a year earlier... Justice matters. Mar 2023 #60

Here's just the Garland timeline of Jan 6 investigations, grouped by month. ancianita Mar 2023 #63

ALL GOOD but there's a big gap between Justice matters. Mar 2023 #66

20 days is a big gap? You don't know who the real coup organizers were. Look at the timeline of ancianita Mar 2023 #68

20 days? THERE's more than a full year between?? Justice matters. Mar 2023 #70

oof, sorry. I missed the years you call a "gap." And you're serious, I'm sure. However, ancianita Mar 2023 #73

Garland would have been a GREAT Supreme Court Judge. Justice matters. Mar 2023 #74

Duly noted. ancianita Mar 2023 #75

+1 dalton99a Mar 2023 #22

+1, ... that and MINIMUM they should've conveyed a higher level of alert on J6 uponit7771 Mar 2023 #42

wray's law firm's ties to Russian interests Grasswire2 Mar 2023 #76

These the same guys House Republicans just accused.. Grins Mar 2023 #16

Yep. If you listen to RW media, the FBI is full of left wing zealots. progressoid Mar 2023 #20

And they control the airwaves. There is no Dem counter. WTF?? Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #29

It's all a conspiracy, we are all doomed. fightforfreedom Mar 2023 #17

This inaction doesn't require a conspiracy Silent3 Mar 2023 #25

it just says that some of them were afraid treestar Mar 2023 #52

After delay, after resistance Silent3 Mar 2023 #56

Do you recall DENVERPOPS Mar 2023 #36

See? Weak on living up to their own oaths. Said it before & will say it again: the FBI is full of ancianita Mar 2023 #18

But, but, but, we just have to wait. The I's and T's, so much hard work. onecaliberal Mar 2023 #19

The insurrectionist GOP is laughing at Garland. hadEnuf Mar 2023 #24

I agree completely. Fuck the optics. FDR and Truman didn't fucking care. Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #30

The GOP is quickly devolving into a pack of deranged fascist animals. hadEnuf Mar 2023 #33

agreed Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #57

No, theyre getting hefty 2 and 3 month newdayneeded Mar 2023 #38

Hate to say it, but we may have to bring our own guns galore at some point. hadEnuf Mar 2023 #47

I guess one question not answered in this article (although I haven't read whole thing) is halfulglas Mar 2023 #26

I suspect the #1 beneficiary to be Putin. Justice matters. Mar 2023 #46

good question! nt Grasswire2 Mar 2023 #77

But we tried saying "please", and after a month or two we escalated to "pretty please"... Silent3 Mar 2023 #28

Friend, you win the interweb today! Ligyron Mar 2023 #50

FBI, Secret Service, etc. are rotten to the core. Sky Jewels Mar 2023 #35

Time to thin the herd.... Sogo Mar 2023 #39

AFRAID?? YoshidaYui Mar 2023 #41

Maybe they are afraid of what will happen to them if Trump or one of his acolytes takes power again. hadEnuf Mar 2023 #48

Let Frank Feglusi do it! YoshidaYui Mar 2023 #59

Stink index needle at full. twodogsbarking Mar 2023 #43

"some" treestar Mar 2023 #51

Trump's the mob/Putin and I don't blame anybody who's afraid. betsuni Mar 2023 #69

FBI gone MAGA Kid Berwyn Mar 2023 #71

Some FBI "inclined to believe Trump" RussBLib Mar 2023 #72

Not Shocked, but it is still quite something for the MSM to reveal and confirm what appeared to be msfiddlestix Mar 2023 #78

Replace the words "Show Down" with 'Slow Down' or amend msfiddlestix Mar 2023 #79

How could this happen ? RANDYWILDMAN Mar 2023 #80