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22. charges were brought some 17 months before the election
Fri May 15, 2026, 11:35 AM
17 hrs ago

...where VOTERS shut the prosecution (who was already in court when we voted), enabled by myriad courts, including the Supreme Court which invented immunities after waiting until just before we voted to rule and allow the case to proceed.

Anyone claiming there could have been a faster prosecution on lesser charges is just talking smack; making specious claims, given that a basically airtight set of charges was derailed by the maga majority just making shit up; making law from the bench.

Hell, they didn't even make a definitive ruling on the case, just strung it out there to see what else they could lop off to save Trump from trial or conviction.

And what's really fucked up is that the Garland DOJ prosecutors aren't in power right now; the fucking Supreme Court that critics of Garland refuse to even mention ARE STILL SITTING THERE, and Garland critics who think bashing an out of power AG, along with the Trump WH, FBI, and DOJ bashing the out of power AG, STILL can't bother to even talk about their complicity, much less confront them in any material or organized way.

Hell, the only thing some of the same critics have managed to do is the same bashing of Democrats out of power, as if they're afraid to actually confront the actual people who delayed the trials; dropped the charges; obstructed the justice critics obligingly divert from.

When the hell are Garland critics going to get around to defending those prosecutions and charges? I get that might be awkward, claiming they didn't happen and all.

Where's the credibility in insisting that 17 months isn't enough time to hold a trial? Why give fealty to that surrender to the myriad courts which delayed the trial?

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who else is attacking Trump's prosecutors, and the man who convicted the rioters Trump pardoned, released bigtree 20 hrs ago #1
Where are Merrick Garland and Lisa Monaco Today? gab13by13 19 hrs ago #2
Garland delayed in prosecuting Trump after GOP tried to delay his nomination for a huge loss of time. GreenWave 19 hrs ago #4
Money, Power, Fascism -- The Octopus Kid Berwyn 19 hrs ago #3
and the Supreme Court who not only enabled Trump back into office bigtree 18 hrs ago #7
Garland did not stop the traitor nor his conspiracy. Kid Berwyn 17 hrs ago #20
charges were brought some 17 months before the election bigtree 17 hrs ago #22
In truth, it goes back to Dealey Plaza on 22 November 1963. Kid Berwyn 17 hrs ago #24
The Berwyn Book Encyclopedia yellow dahlia 6 hrs ago #64
Garland fell short for whatever reason and on that basis given the ramifications, was a colossal failure. Defending him KPN 15 hrs ago #29
no, the courts fell short, then the American people followed bigtree 14 hrs ago #36
This message was self-deleted by its author Joinfortmill 13 hrs ago #40
Agreed. The moment he knew of stolen state secrets he should arrested him... returnee 11 hrs ago #49
the courts failed us bigtree 11 hrs ago #50
counterpunch was basically a Russian tool during the 2016 election bigtree 18 hrs ago #12
CounterPunch sucks most when they publish an article I don't agree with. Kid Berwyn 17 hrs ago #21
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez is doing her courageous part with the Epstein horrors on her substack. Bumbles 18 hrs ago #5
If Merrick Garland is really "one of them" then why wasn't he approved for SCOTUS? FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #6
As Is Your Prerogative. But Don't Think You KNOW Garland...... ColoringFool 18 hrs ago #9
most people who pretend he's some double agent don't know anything about the actual prosecution bigtree 18 hrs ago #11
What became of those prosecutions? CivicGrief 15 hrs ago #30
instead of just being trifled with this bigtree 14 hrs ago #35
Ha! Future prosecutions. CivicGrief 13 hrs ago #41
what's sad is the literal surrender from people claiming to be so concerned with prosecuting Trump bigtree 12 hrs ago #47
If Jack Smith ever comes forward and says that Merrick Garland is actually "corrupt" and "in with them" FakeNoose 10 hrs ago #53
Garland hate guarantees clicks MorbidButterflyTat 15 hrs ago #33
Republicans prevented Garland Mad_Machine76 7 hrs ago #62
I HAVE SAID MOST OF THIS, EVEN BCCI. AND THEN THE "WOOO! TINHAT!" COMMENTS...... ColoringFool 18 hrs ago #8
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree 18 hrs ago #10
To people like Thiel, Musk, and their employees manipulating the data to get their and the Powers That Be .. Botany 18 hrs ago #13
Don't forget the bomb threats karin_sj 11 hrs ago #52
I've been saying the same thing for years. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #18
May I suggest lonely bird 18 hrs ago #14
So glad that he prioritized avoiding the appearance of a political agenda Orrex 18 hrs ago #15
The Garland Society folks don't like this one bit. BannonsLiver 18 hrs ago #16
Garland society folks are pro prosecution of Trump bigtree 18 hrs ago #17
Bahahaha BannonsLiver 16 hrs ago #25
no doubt the Anti-Trump Prosecution society exists bigtree 14 hrs ago #37
Epstein class oligarchs irisblue 17 hrs ago #19
😬 Floyd R. Turbo 17 hrs ago #23
Bookmarking for later reading. Epstein-town? CoopersDad 16 hrs ago #26
Maybe that's why it always seems like 1 step forward 2 steps back bucolic_frolic 15 hrs ago #27
Well, one thing cannot be denied, Garland was an Obama SCOTUS choice. Joinfortmill 15 hrs ago #28
True. My understanding was he selected Garland as someone the R Senate would surely approve -- part of his "team of KPN 15 hrs ago #31
Great post/thread Botany, even if in small or even large part it is theory. Theory is what leads to finding facts and KPN 15 hrs ago #32
All I know is, Trump never talks about Garland nor does he seek revenge against him thebigidea 14 hrs ago #34
you have to be kidding bigtree 13 hrs ago #38
I see you graduated to Trump Truth Social posts CivicGrief 12 hrs ago #42
this is specious bigtree 12 hrs ago #45
It's a false claim to imply Trump is going after Garland in the courts like he is everyone else thebigidea 8 hrs ago #57
not yet bigtree 7 hrs ago #59
Is "Thiswillhold" the QAnon of the left? chowder66 13 hrs ago #39
It is BlueAnon. It pushes CT crackpottery that repeatededly has been debunked, yet it persists. Celerity 12 hrs ago #43
Yes. mr715 9 hrs ago #56
I love history. I love mysteries. I love taking things... littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #44
Knowledge is good Botany 12 hrs ago #46
This thing, I call it the evil of psychopaths, has existed for all time. ... littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #48
by the way, the substack is conspiratorial claptrap bigtree 11 hrs ago #51
It is difficult to have useful discussions of this type of material, because... TygrBright 10 hrs ago #54
You mean we should be a.... reACTIONary 5 hrs ago #65
Untangling the Octopus Kid Berwyn 9 hrs ago #55
who is this new poster, and what expertise does he have for making these claims bigtree 7 hrs ago #60
It's disgusting to see this kooky CT nonsense rise to the top of the Greatest Page Fiendish Thingy 8 hrs ago #58
Thanks for sharing, Botany! That was an important read. It was jam packed. yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #61
This is why I have become a misanthrope. BigmanPigman 7 hrs ago #63
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