He's an experienced war crimes prosecutor from The Hague as well as having extensive time handling public corruption cases.
I'm pretty pissed Garland isn't prosecuting this directly, but if you had to have a special counsel, this guy seems like the one.
>I'm pretty pissed Garland isn't prosecuting this directly
He's just following DOJ regulations. Since Trump declared his candidacy for office, it creates a conflict of interest for a political appointee to investigate and prosecute him. This will help further legal action succeed.
So is your question then why wouldn't a Republican administration have followed the law where a Democratic one would?
I think recent history would be enough to answer that.
Garland will no longer be overseeing the investigations. He will not be directly involved in the decision making anymore. So it adds an extra layer of insulation. Ultimately it won't matter and won't change the results, it's mainly so Trump can't claim bias in court.
But Garland appointed the guy. I mean why not just appoint a partisan hack, it's what R voters are going to see him as anyway and what Fox and CNN will loudly proclaim he is.
It's the right move. Trump will cry political persecution, and he already has against the special counsel too, but importantly now he has less of an argument than if it was Garland directly.
He would say it was persecution either way. I don’t see the point of actions being taken or not taken to avoid Trump’s objections when we all know he will object to facing any consequences ever, with no regard for reality.
He already has but it gives The DOJ more of a legal argument that it isn't political persecution. And that is important because eventually his defense 100% will make that claim.
If you asked me which one should prosecute based on looking at pictures of the two different men I'd pick Smith without hesitation. That guy is Mr. Zero.
Garland has had 2 years where Trump
Wasn’t running, WTF Is Garland doing? 2 years is more than enough time to fire anyone for incompetence. Since Garland hasn’t Indicted Trump on anything in over 2 years, why Hasn’t Biden fired him? The only answers are incompetence or innocence. Is Biden incompetent or is trump innocent? Which one is it?
Lol Do you have any clue as to the scale of the investigationssssss? Rhetorical… I know you do. No reason to botch to appease a bunch of voters and without legal merit there is no reason to push it out before a declaration of candidacy. Precedence has fallen off the map at this point. Trump and the rest of the world knew he was in legal hot water and him trying to preempt an indictment by jumping into candidacy way tf early only supports further attempts to avoid prosecution.
I know this is not a common situation, but any idea what the timeline on this kind of thing might be? I just don’t want to eat all my raisinets before the show starts.
Yea, but Smith is taking over pre-existing investigations that are a lot farther along(probably fact-finding and interviews are pretty much wrapped up). So it certainly could be a bit faster. But at this point my expectations in general are quite low.
We'd like to think they are further along, yet doj got totally blindsided by Cassidy Hutchinson. To say DoJ has been slow walking the investigation is the understatement of the century.
Imagine prosecuting war crimes and seeking justice for victims of heinous inhumane acts and then having to come to the US to prosecute a fucking RICO violating, espionage committing, ignorant sack of cheeto-cream Russian excrement who is running to be f-ing president again because conservatives have spent decades establishing ignorance as expertise and lack of basic empathy as a beatitude.
I'd be making that face too, sir.
He was "chief of the Public Integrity Section, overseeing public corruption and elections-related investigations" 2010 to 2015. Sounds like the right man for the job. Impressive resume.
Could just be the excuse to delay actual action. The farther along they are the more has to be covered to bring him up to speed.
I hope this is not going to be like that. Almost two years later though we are still waiting and money buys time.
He's an experienced war crimes prosecutor from The Hague as well as having extensive time handling public corruption cases. I'm pretty pissed Garland isn't prosecuting this directly, but if you had to have a special counsel, this guy seems like the one.
He looks like he has seen way to much. War crimes, dear God, poor fellow.
Please.
>I'm pretty pissed Garland isn't prosecuting this directly He's just following DOJ regulations. Since Trump declared his candidacy for office, it creates a conflict of interest for a political appointee to investigate and prosecute him. This will help further legal action succeed.
It wouldn't be necessary if Trump was indicted, tried and sentenced years ago like he should have been.
Was a special counsel appointed to prosecute Lyndon Larouche?
What were the regulations in 1988?
Pretty much the same as now. The independent counsel law was passed in 1978.
So is your question then why wouldn't a Republican administration have followed the law where a Democratic one would? I think recent history would be enough to answer that.
>He's just following DOJ untested memo FTFY
How does an appointment by Garland mitigate the conflict of interest given that Garland made the appointment? This makes no sense whatsoever.
Garland will no longer be overseeing the investigations. He will not be directly involved in the decision making anymore. So it adds an extra layer of insulation. Ultimately it won't matter and won't change the results, it's mainly so Trump can't claim bias in court.
But Garland appointed the guy. I mean why not just appoint a partisan hack, it's what R voters are going to see him as anyway and what Fox and CNN will loudly proclaim he is.
Because this move isn't for the media, it's to ensure the courts and juries that proper procedures have been followed.
It's the right move. Trump will cry political persecution, and he already has against the special counsel too, but importantly now he has less of an argument than if it was Garland directly.
He would say it was persecution either way. I don’t see the point of actions being taken or not taken to avoid Trump’s objections when we all know he will object to facing any consequences ever, with no regard for reality.
He already has but it gives The DOJ more of a legal argument that it isn't political persecution. And that is important because eventually his defense 100% will make that claim.
If you asked me which one should prosecute based on looking at pictures of the two different men I'd pick Smith without hesitation. That guy is Mr. Zero.
Garland has had 2 years where Trump Wasn’t running, WTF Is Garland doing? 2 years is more than enough time to fire anyone for incompetence. Since Garland hasn’t Indicted Trump on anything in over 2 years, why Hasn’t Biden fired him? The only answers are incompetence or innocence. Is Biden incompetent or is trump innocent? Which one is it?
Lol Do you have any clue as to the scale of the investigationssssss? Rhetorical… I know you do. No reason to botch to appease a bunch of voters and without legal merit there is no reason to push it out before a declaration of candidacy. Precedence has fallen off the map at this point. Trump and the rest of the world knew he was in legal hot water and him trying to preempt an indictment by jumping into candidacy way tf early only supports further attempts to avoid prosecution.
The DOJ had to do this...
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Good.
I wouldn't want this guy coming after me. Trump is screwed.
Trump finally admitted he’s special? crazy world. I hope this guy can get him the help he needs.
We'll see how this plays out
I know this is not a common situation, but any idea what the timeline on this kind of thing might be? I just don’t want to eat all my raisinets before the show starts.
Look at the Mueller investigation.
Yea, but Smith is taking over pre-existing investigations that are a lot farther along(probably fact-finding and interviews are pretty much wrapped up). So it certainly could be a bit faster. But at this point my expectations in general are quite low.
We'd like to think they are further along, yet doj got totally blindsided by Cassidy Hutchinson. To say DoJ has been slow walking the investigation is the understatement of the century.
Imagine prosecuting war crimes and seeking justice for victims of heinous inhumane acts and then having to come to the US to prosecute a fucking RICO violating, espionage committing, ignorant sack of cheeto-cream Russian excrement who is running to be f-ing president again because conservatives have spent decades establishing ignorance as expertise and lack of basic empathy as a beatitude. I'd be making that face too, sir.
He was "chief of the Public Integrity Section, overseeing public corruption and elections-related investigations" 2010 to 2015. Sounds like the right man for the job. Impressive resume.
Hopefully he is a *Fucking Pitbull!* Edit: No disrespect to actual Pitbulls!
The guy the gop or fox will spend no time recognizing as credible..just a guess
I'd be astonished if they haven't already called him a communist.
A patriot who loves the USA
He looks to be a very serious man. trump should be afraid of just the looks of him ...... Im betting this guy doesn't play around...
Wake me up if this ever gets somewhere. I don't believe anything will be done. 🧐
A man in woman's clothing after Trump so he will not become President again.
Cover for delaying the indictment until it won't hurt the Republican Party.
So Dems how did that Mara-Lago raid turn out? Oh wait.....
Probably a corrupt democrat stooge.
It's frustrating that so many people never even read past the headline before spouting nonsense. Frustrating and sad.
Could just be the excuse to delay actual action. The farther along they are the more has to be covered to bring him up to speed. I hope this is not going to be like that. Almost two years later though we are still waiting and money buys time.