Leroy N. Soetoro
2023-09-23 23:35:38 UTC
https://nypost.com/2023/09/20/ignorant-pathetic-merrick-garland-wilts-on-
the-hot-seat/
You would think that an attorney general who has presided over the
embarrassing debacle of the Hunter Biden investigation would express
contrition, or maybe a little anger at the underlings who have shamed him,
when he is hauled before a congressional committee to explain his
failures.
But alas, Merrick Garland is just another Mr. Magoo.
His department is ablaze but he knows nothing.
The nations chief law enforcement officer has no special insight into the
malfeasance unfolding under his nose.
He is just an oblivious bystander, unperturbed by the tyrannical turn the
DOJ has taken under his leadership, persecuting his bosss political
enemies and coddling the crooked presidents crooked relatives.
Even though Garland used to be a judge, he makes no judgments at all.
He professes to have no view about US Attorney David Weiss farcical five-
year investigation of the presidents 53-year-old son Hunter.
I promised the Senate that I would not interfere, he told the House
Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
I have not intruded or attempted to evaluate that, because that was the
promise I made to the Senate. What an honorable man, keeping his
promises.
But hes the ships captain. There is a fire in the hold, the vessel is
going down, and he doesnt even trouble himself to find out what happened.
Have you had personal contact with anyone at FBI headquarters about the
Hunter Biden investigation? asked Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.).
Stammering Merrick
SEE ALSO
EDITORIAL
Joe Bidens Trumpy treatment of Garland proves hes just like Donald
For what seemed like an eternity but was really about seven seconds,
Garland looked down at his tightly clasped hands, slowly turned his head
left and right as if the answer might materialize somewhere on the empty
table below him, then popped his tongue, said Ahhhh, pursed his lips,
exhaled and arranged the edges of his mouth in a downward shrug, before
finally looking up at Johnson with a sheepish expression and stammering,
I dont real I dont ah I dont recollect the answer to that
question, but the FBI works for the Justice Department?, a non sequitur
delivered in a cascade of upward inflections as if he was the one asking
questions, or maybe channeling a Valley Girl.
He wants us to applaud his pathological incuriosity about the corruption
of Weiss probe, as exposed by the two valiant IRS whistleblowers, Gary
Shapley and Joseph Ziegler. The sort of professional, nonpartisan public
servants whom Garland professes to support, they are the heroes of this
sordid tale.
They blew up their careers to testify about the slow-walking, the kid-
glove treatment available to no other American, the tip-offs about search
warrants, the constraints on investigators, the no-go zones anywhere near
the Big Guy, the refusal of geolocation searches to determine whether Joe
really was in the room, as Hunter claimed, in his shakedown WhatsApp to a
Chinese benefactor, the burying of incriminating evidence such as the FD-
1023 FBI source report alleging Hunter and Joe each took a $5 million
bribe from a Ukrainian oligarch, and of course, Hunters infamous laptop,
which the FBI had authenticated and seized in December 2019, but which
remained off-limits to the IRS investigators.
Not his problem, Garland communicated, as he delivered the bravura
stonewalling performance weve come to expect from Biden appointees.
Ascribing bias
Speaking of which, his favorite line was to point out that Weiss, whom he
has elevated to special counsel despite manifest failures, was a Trump
appointee.
He said so nine times.
He seems to think that bias can be ascribed to prosecutors depending on
which party appoints them. Presumably he applies that logic to himself, as
a Biden appointee.
Usually smart people find it tedious to say the same thing nine times in a
row, but Garland seemed to enjoy it, until the wonderful Liz Cheney-slayer
Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) wiped the smirk off his face.
Mr. Garland, one of the things you have done and repeated over and over
and over again is to point out that Mr. Weiss was appointed as US attorney
by President Trump, as though that somehow inoculates him from criticism
by us. Is that really how this game is played, that if someone is
appointed by a Republican, then theyre supposed to be on the Republican
team, or if theyre appointed by a Democrat, theyre on the Democrat team?
You were appointed by Mr. Biden, werent you? Are you on the Democrat
team?
Touché. He never said it again.
The hearing stumbled on in useless fashion, alternating between
Republicans laying zingers that went nowhere and obsequious Democrats
bloviating about extreme MAGA Republicans.
The Justice Department treats everyone alike was Garlands central lie.
Any criticism of his biased prosecutors is dangerous, he said darkly.
He did allow himself a flash of hot indignation in his opening remarks
when he drew on his familys history of persecution as Jews in what is now
Belarus. His grandmother survived the Holocaust while two of her siblings
perished.
This country took her in and under that protection [and] she was able to
live without fear of persecution, he croaked. The protection of law, the
rule of law, is the foundation of our system of government.
But if he thought those fine words would garner him soft treatment from
the committee, Ukraine-born Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) deftly turned
the tables on him.
You had a very moving statement about your grandparents coming here from
Belarus to live in the country without fear of persecution, she said.
I grew up in a very similar country, Ukraine now, and when I came here as
a young person, I believed in the value as an American not to be afraid of
my government Are you aware that a lot of Americans are now afraid of
being prosecuted by your department? Are you aware of that?
Voters sick and tired
Garland started whining about constant attacks on the department, but
she interrupted.
Not attacks a lot of good Americans from my district came here [on Jan.
6] because they are sick and tired of this government not serving them.
They came with strollers and the kids, and there was a chaotic situation
because the proper security wasnt provided. [And then] FBI agents showed
up to peoples houses. You have in my district in my town, FBI phone
numbers all over [saying] please call [and inform on people].
People are truly afraid. This is a big problem when people are afraid of
their own government
Its like KGB.
Does Garland understand that rogue prosecutors and disproportionately
harsh J6 prosecutions are destroying trust in the justice system, as
murderers and shoplifters get off easy, and a spirit of lawlessness and
corruption infects the land?
No. There was not a sign that his conscience was troubled.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
the-hot-seat/
You would think that an attorney general who has presided over the
embarrassing debacle of the Hunter Biden investigation would express
contrition, or maybe a little anger at the underlings who have shamed him,
when he is hauled before a congressional committee to explain his
failures.
But alas, Merrick Garland is just another Mr. Magoo.
His department is ablaze but he knows nothing.
The nations chief law enforcement officer has no special insight into the
malfeasance unfolding under his nose.
He is just an oblivious bystander, unperturbed by the tyrannical turn the
DOJ has taken under his leadership, persecuting his bosss political
enemies and coddling the crooked presidents crooked relatives.
Even though Garland used to be a judge, he makes no judgments at all.
He professes to have no view about US Attorney David Weiss farcical five-
year investigation of the presidents 53-year-old son Hunter.
I promised the Senate that I would not interfere, he told the House
Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
I have not intruded or attempted to evaluate that, because that was the
promise I made to the Senate. What an honorable man, keeping his
promises.
But hes the ships captain. There is a fire in the hold, the vessel is
going down, and he doesnt even trouble himself to find out what happened.
Have you had personal contact with anyone at FBI headquarters about the
Hunter Biden investigation? asked Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.).
Stammering Merrick
SEE ALSO
EDITORIAL
Joe Bidens Trumpy treatment of Garland proves hes just like Donald
For what seemed like an eternity but was really about seven seconds,
Garland looked down at his tightly clasped hands, slowly turned his head
left and right as if the answer might materialize somewhere on the empty
table below him, then popped his tongue, said Ahhhh, pursed his lips,
exhaled and arranged the edges of his mouth in a downward shrug, before
finally looking up at Johnson with a sheepish expression and stammering,
I dont real I dont ah I dont recollect the answer to that
question, but the FBI works for the Justice Department?, a non sequitur
delivered in a cascade of upward inflections as if he was the one asking
questions, or maybe channeling a Valley Girl.
He wants us to applaud his pathological incuriosity about the corruption
of Weiss probe, as exposed by the two valiant IRS whistleblowers, Gary
Shapley and Joseph Ziegler. The sort of professional, nonpartisan public
servants whom Garland professes to support, they are the heroes of this
sordid tale.
They blew up their careers to testify about the slow-walking, the kid-
glove treatment available to no other American, the tip-offs about search
warrants, the constraints on investigators, the no-go zones anywhere near
the Big Guy, the refusal of geolocation searches to determine whether Joe
really was in the room, as Hunter claimed, in his shakedown WhatsApp to a
Chinese benefactor, the burying of incriminating evidence such as the FD-
1023 FBI source report alleging Hunter and Joe each took a $5 million
bribe from a Ukrainian oligarch, and of course, Hunters infamous laptop,
which the FBI had authenticated and seized in December 2019, but which
remained off-limits to the IRS investigators.
Not his problem, Garland communicated, as he delivered the bravura
stonewalling performance weve come to expect from Biden appointees.
Ascribing bias
Speaking of which, his favorite line was to point out that Weiss, whom he
has elevated to special counsel despite manifest failures, was a Trump
appointee.
He said so nine times.
He seems to think that bias can be ascribed to prosecutors depending on
which party appoints them. Presumably he applies that logic to himself, as
a Biden appointee.
Usually smart people find it tedious to say the same thing nine times in a
row, but Garland seemed to enjoy it, until the wonderful Liz Cheney-slayer
Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) wiped the smirk off his face.
Mr. Garland, one of the things you have done and repeated over and over
and over again is to point out that Mr. Weiss was appointed as US attorney
by President Trump, as though that somehow inoculates him from criticism
by us. Is that really how this game is played, that if someone is
appointed by a Republican, then theyre supposed to be on the Republican
team, or if theyre appointed by a Democrat, theyre on the Democrat team?
You were appointed by Mr. Biden, werent you? Are you on the Democrat
team?
Touché. He never said it again.
The hearing stumbled on in useless fashion, alternating between
Republicans laying zingers that went nowhere and obsequious Democrats
bloviating about extreme MAGA Republicans.
The Justice Department treats everyone alike was Garlands central lie.
Any criticism of his biased prosecutors is dangerous, he said darkly.
He did allow himself a flash of hot indignation in his opening remarks
when he drew on his familys history of persecution as Jews in what is now
Belarus. His grandmother survived the Holocaust while two of her siblings
perished.
This country took her in and under that protection [and] she was able to
live without fear of persecution, he croaked. The protection of law, the
rule of law, is the foundation of our system of government.
But if he thought those fine words would garner him soft treatment from
the committee, Ukraine-born Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) deftly turned
the tables on him.
You had a very moving statement about your grandparents coming here from
Belarus to live in the country without fear of persecution, she said.
I grew up in a very similar country, Ukraine now, and when I came here as
a young person, I believed in the value as an American not to be afraid of
my government Are you aware that a lot of Americans are now afraid of
being prosecuted by your department? Are you aware of that?
Voters sick and tired
Garland started whining about constant attacks on the department, but
she interrupted.
Not attacks a lot of good Americans from my district came here [on Jan.
6] because they are sick and tired of this government not serving them.
They came with strollers and the kids, and there was a chaotic situation
because the proper security wasnt provided. [And then] FBI agents showed
up to peoples houses. You have in my district in my town, FBI phone
numbers all over [saying] please call [and inform on people].
People are truly afraid. This is a big problem when people are afraid of
their own government
Its like KGB.
Does Garland understand that rogue prosecutors and disproportionately
harsh J6 prosecutions are destroying trust in the justice system, as
murderers and shoplifters get off easy, and a spirit of lawlessness and
corruption infects the land?
No. There was not a sign that his conscience was troubled.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.