Garland to release Jack Smith's Report

[cigaretteman]

Attorney General Merrick Garland drops a bomb of bad news on Donald Trump's head by announcing that he intends to release the report on Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation.
And there's only one minor catch...
"I have determined that once those criminal proceedings have concluded, releasing Volume Two of the Report to you and to the public would also be in the public interest, consistent with law and Department policy," Garland wrote in a letter to the Judiciary Committees in both the Senate and House.
The report in question would cover the findings of Smith's exhaustive probe into the Mar-a-Lago classified documents scandal.
The "criminal proceedings" Garland referred to is the case against Trump's two co-defendents valet Walt Nauta and property manager Carlos De Oliveira.
Garland also stated that he will allow Judiciary Committee leaders to review the report. Nauta and Oliveria are trying to block that move, as they're worried about it leaking.
"The concern about leaks cannot be overlooked; Congress is a political body; its individual members have political aims; and this is a political case," the men's lawyers stated.
"Are they permitted to publicly share their opinions on the report? Are they permitted to discuss the case at all publicly, now that [they] have had access to confidential material that will inevitably shape how they view the case? Are they permitted to disclose their reactions to their own staff?" they complained.

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[joelbc1]

A great way to lead up to Don’s coronation in 10 days.
I love politics! Every phuquin’ day!,

 

[Huey Grey]

He's a public official. Public funds were used to produce the report. The public deserves to get what they paid for.

 

[billanole]

He's a public official. Public funds were used to produce the report. The public deserves to get what they paid for.

Drop de bomb.

 

[Chishawk1425]

Attorney General Merrick Garland drops a bomb of bad news on Donald Trump's head by announcing that he intends to release the report on Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation.
And there's only one minor catch...
"I have determined that once those criminal proceedings have concluded, releasing Volume Two of the Report to you and to the public would also be in the public interest, consistent with law and Department policy," Garland wrote in a letter to the Judiciary Committees in both the Senate and House.
The report in question would cover the findings of Smith's exhaustive probe into the Mar-a-Lago classified documents scandal.
The "criminal proceedings" Garland referred to is the case against Trump's two co-defendents valet Walt Nauta and property manager Carlos De Oliveira.
Garland also stated that he will allow Judiciary Committee leaders to review the report. Nauta and Oliveria are trying to block that move, as they're worried about it leaking.
"The concern about leaks cannot be overlooked; Congress is a political body; its individual members have political aims; and this is a political case," the men's lawyers stated.
"Are they permitted to publicly share their opinions on the report? Are they permitted to discuss the case at all publicly, now that [they] have had access to confidential material that will inevitably shape how they view the case? Are they permitted to disclose their reactions to their own staff?" they complained.

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[win1forthe]

Last dance before his corrupt Supreme Court gives him carte blanche to do whatever he wants.

 

[Moral]

When will the witch hunt stop. I feel so bad for the guy. Tragic this stuff keeps happening to such a good man.

 

[Torg]

Biden should pardon Walt and Carlos right away. Then they can release both reports.

Once Trump is in office he will probably pardon them anyway.

 

[Chishawk1425]

When will the witch hunt stop. I feel so bad for the guy. Tragic this stuff keeps happening to such a good man.

The DOJ is weaponized against criminals, brah!

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

That dude cucked you for 3+ years.

Lulz.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

I doubt moron magats will believe anything in it.

 

[lucas80]

Kash Patel probably looks bad in this report. That will only strengthen Republicans resolve to confirm him.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

Kash Patel probably looks bad in this report. That will only strengthen Republicans resolve to confirm him.

He's a slimy piece of shit. Magats love him.

 

[BubsFinn]

I bet whatever is in there will be as damning as those tax returns that Rachel Maddow got her hands on. You know, those tax returns that showed Trump paid more than $38 million in federal taxes in 2005.

 

[libbity bibbity]

Kash Patel probably looks bad in this report. That will only strengthen Republicans resolve to confirm him.

What does Kash Patel have to do with this "report" that was obtained by an illegally appointed special counsel?

 

[BioHawk]

Last dance before his corrupt Supreme Court gives him carte blanche to do whatever he wants.

Well, they already have done that. But it is the last chance before anyone who cares has a chance to do something about it.

 

[lucas80]

I bet whatever is in there will be as damning as those tax returns that Rachel Maddow got her hands on. You know, those tax returns that showed Trump paid more than $38 million in federal taxes in 2005.

So weird that someone leaked a small portion of one year that showed he paid some taxes.

 

[BubsFinn]

I get it. You don't like Trump. I don't much care for him either, but I don't let that blind me from reality. I don't take what the media spoon feeds me. No politician in history has had more people crawling through their past looking for anything they can use to bring him down. For close to a decade, Trump has had lawyers, the media, and government officials giving him a 24/7 colonoscopy and they've found nothing. Case after case against him is being thrown out. It is clear it was all done to influence the election. All those prosecutors knew the charges wouldn't stand up under scrutiny, but that didn't matter. They just needed to be able to say "convicted felon" during the election. It didn't work. Enough people could see how absurd it all was.

So weird that someone leaked a small portion of one year that showed he paid some taxes.

Even weirder that Maddow and MSNBC teased it for hours like they had some kind of smoking gun. It was the biggest nothingburger since Al Capone's vault. Are we expected to believe Maddow and the show's producers didn't look at the documents before she went on air? Don't be naive. Just like the "convicted felon" line, she wanted to get Trump associated with "tax cheat," regardless of the truth. That's why NBC ran ads across all their networks for the show all day with lines like "you're not going to want to miss this!" That's why Maddow put the segment with Trump's returns at the end of the show so she could spend an additional hour emphasizing the significance of the find. They knew people would tune out before the end so they'd never see the actual reveal to be nothing. Just associating Trump with not paying taxes was enough. Eight years later, it's still working on you.
Will Garlan's report on Jack Smith's investigation reveal anything significant? Since he's doing it after the conclusion of Trump's criminal proceedings and not during, my guess is no. It will be much like every other investigation into Trump that ended up going nowhere.

 

[BioHawk]

I get it. You don't like Trump. I don't much care for him either, but I don't let that blind me from reality. I don't take what the media spoon feeds me. No politician in history has had more people crawling through their past looking for anything they can use to bring him down. For close to a decade, Trump has had lawyers, the media, and government officials giving him a 24/7 colonoscopy and they've found nothing. Case after case against him is being thrown out. It is clear it was all done to influence the election. All those prosecutors knew the charges wouldn't stand up under scrutiny, but that didn't matter. They just needed to be able to say "convicted felon" during the election. It didn't work. Enough people could see how absurd it all was.



Even weirder that Maddow and MSNBC teased it for hours like they had some kind of smoking gun. It was the biggest nothingburger since Al Capone's vault. Are we expected to believe Maddow and the show's producers didn't look at the documents before she went on air? Don't be naive. Just like the "convicted felon" line, she wanted to get Trump associated with "tax cheat," regardless of the truth. That's why NBC ran ads across all their networks for the show all day with lines like "you're not going to want to miss this!" That's why Maddow put the segment with Trump's returns at the end of the show so she could spend an additional hour emphasizing the significance of the find. They knew people would tune out before the end so they'd never see the actual reveal to be nothing. Just associating Trump with not paying taxes was enough. Eight years later, it's still working on you.
Will Garlan's report on Jack Smith's investigation reveal anything significant? Since he's doing it after the conclusion of Trump's criminal proceedings and not during, my guess is no. It will be much like every other investigation into Trump that ended up going nowhere.

No human being has been more protected by the Justice system than Trump has. If it were any other person walking the planet they would have been thrown in jail a long time ago never to be heard from again. Trump just couldn't buy the jury who were the only ones free to declare the obvious.

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

IMO this case was by far the most concerning of all the legal cases involving Trump. It’s treasonous at worst and at the very least portrays Trump’s cavalier attitude about our national security and the integrity of our national intelligence. I have no doubt the report will be damning, probably much worse than most have imagined. Nearly as concerning that a significant portion of our citizens look upon this serious case as “no big deal”. Unbelievable really that this case which could have been easily avoided is still being excused away as trivial by his supporters. They’re not serious nor law abiding people.

 

[SoProudNole]

You libtards just don't (or won't) get it.

Jack Smith didn't come for Donald J Trump. He came for us. Donald just got in the way.

 

[BubsFinn]

No human being has been more protected by the Justice system than Trump has. If it were any other person walking the planet they would have been thrown in jail a long time ago never to be heard from again. Trump just couldn't buy the jury who were the only ones free to declare the obvious.

What about Secretary Clinton? Director Comey said she lied to Congress and destroyed and withheld evidence, yet he said it would be in the best interest of the American people that they not bring charges.
What about President Biden who was found to have taken classified documents from when he was in the Senate and when he was VP, and he also illegally revealed classified information to his ghost writer, but no charges were brought because he was "an elderly man with a poor memory"?

The State of New York changed their law for one year so they could prosecute Trump. They even went so far as to publicly say that other people who did the same thing don't have to worry because Trump was the only one they were after. That doesn't sound like he's been very well protected by the Justice System.

 

[Dr. Spaceman]

I bet whatever is in there will be as damning as those tax returns that Rachel Maddow got her hands on. You know, those tax returns that showed Trump paid more than $38 million in federal taxes in 2005.

Keep fellating the rapist

 

[Rifler]

If Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed, why should his report be distributed for public consumption?,.. Seems like another effort to back door the president elect...

 

[Dr. Spaceman]

What about Secretary Clinton? Director Comey said she lied to Congress and destroyed and withheld evidence, yet he said it would be in the best interest of the American people that they not bring charges.
What about President Biden who was found to have taken classified documents from when he was in the Senate and when he was VP, and he also illegally revealed classified information to his ghost writer, but no charges were brought because he was "an elderly man with a poor memory"?

The State of New York changed their law for one year so they could prosecute Trump. They even went so far as to publicly say that other people who did the same thing don't have to worry because Trump was the only one they were after. That doesn't sound like he's been very well protected by the Justice System.

MUST. DEFEND. THE. RAPIST. FELON.

 

[Dr. Spaceman]

If Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed, why should his report be distributed for public consumption?,.. Seems like another effort to back door the president elect...

Seems like another effort to bend over backwards defending the rapist and convicted felon. You never miss a chance!!

 

[Rifler]

Seems like another effort to bend over backwards defending the rapist and convicted felon. You never miss a chance!!

Exerting zero effort,.. merely asking the question.

 

[BioHawk]

What about Secretary Clinton? Director Comey said she lied to Congress and destroyed and withheld evidence, yet he said it would be in the best interest of the American people that they not bring charges.
What about President Biden who was found to have taken classified documents from when he was in the Senate and when he was VP, and he also illegally revealed classified information to his ghost writer, but no charges were brought because he was "an elderly man with a poor memory"?

The State of New York changed their law for one year so they could prosecute Trump. They even went so far as to publicly say that other people who did the same thing don't have to worry because Trump was the only one they were after. That doesn't sound like he's been very well protected by the Justice System.

What about? What about? Comey "said she lied". That's all he had. No evidence, just a gut feeling. So, really just his partisan bullshit. It's pretty funny that you think that's some huge deal now though. Why does something like this matter for Clinton but not for Trump when Trump was actually proven to have done the things he's accused of? As for Biden, as has been explained a million times on these forums, if Trump had just handed the documents over when he was asked them none of this would have happened. Biden cooperated, Trump did not. Why is that so hard for you to understand?

The made up crimes that Republicans like to attribute to Clinton and Biden never went to court because there was never any actual evidence that these so called crimes happened. For Trump, there was ample evidence. He didn't even bother to try to cover up his tracks. Either because he's a complete idiot or he knew that he had protection in the judicial system so didn't bother with it. Probably both.

 

[Dr. Spaceman]

Exerting zero effort,.. merely asking the question.

iM jUsT AsKiNg qUeStIoNs!!! lol you’re pathetic

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

Biden cooperated, Trump did not. Why is that so hard for you to understand?

They are magats. Nothing that doesn't come from the fuhrer's mouth or that of his handlers, isn't to be believed by their feeble little minds.

 

[RollingBallofButcherKnives]

If Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed, why should his report be distributed for public consumption?,.. Seems like another effort to back door the president elect...

Aren’t you the least bit interested in what is in this report? What if there is undeniable evidence? Even evidence that MAGA’s would have a hard time saying it was false? Why not spill it? He already is elected….so there is no more “election interference”.

 

[tumorboy]

When is it scheduled to be released?

 

[BioHawk]

When is it scheduled to be released?

Well the completely non-biased Eileen Cannon blocked the release for....well, I guess Trump was crying a lot about it and what might be in there so she did that. Hopefully the 11th overturns that ruling by tomorrow.

Honestly, if I were Biden I would have a press conference, hand a copy of the report to every reporter there and then walk out without answering any questions. But then there is a lot I would have done after the immunity ruling. I would have had Republicans begging to have that ruling changed or to have legislation to remove immunity and put some rules back in place for the President. And I would happily have signed that bill. Democrats need to learn that if there isn't an actual "find out" part of the equation for these people then they will never change their behavior.

 

[tumorboy]

Well the completely non-biased Eileen Cannon blocked the release for....well, I guess Trump was crying a lot about it and what might be in there so she did that. Hopefully the 11th overturns that ruling by tomorrow.

Honestly, if I were Biden I would have a press conference, hand a copy of the report to every reporter there and then walk out without answering any questions. But then there is a lot I would have done after the immunity ruling. I would have had Republicans begging to have that ruling changed or to have legislation to remove immunity and put some rules back in place for the President. And I would happily have signed that bill. Democrats need to learn that if there isn't an actual "find out" part of the equation for these people then they will never change their behavior.

If the eleven overturns. Wouldn’t there be an emergency stay request from the Supreme Court. Essentially DOJ is going to have to work around anyway.

 

[lucas80]

I get it. You don't like Trump. I don't much care for him either, but I don't let that blind me from reality. I don't take what the media spoon feeds me. No politician in history has had more people crawling through their past looking for anything they can use to bring him down. For close to a decade, Trump has had lawyers, the media, and government officials giving him a 24/7 colonoscopy and they've found nothing. Case after case against him is being thrown out. It is clear it was all done to influence the election. All those prosecutors knew the charges wouldn't stand up under scrutiny, but that didn't matter. They just needed to be able to say "convicted felon" during the election. It didn't work. Enough people could see how absurd it all was.



Even weirder that Maddow and MSNBC teased it for hours like they had some kind of smoking gun. It was the biggest nothingburger since Al Capone's vault. Are we expected to believe Maddow and the show's producers didn't look at the documents before she went on air? Don't be naive. Just like the "convicted felon" line, she wanted to get Trump associated with "tax cheat," regardless of the truth. That's why NBC ran ads across all their networks for the show all day with lines like "you're not going to want to miss this!" That's why Maddow put the segment with Trump's returns at the end of the show so she could spend an additional hour emphasizing the significance of the find. They knew people would tune out before the end so they'd never see the actual reveal to be nothing. Just associating Trump with not paying taxes was enough. Eight years later, it's still working on you.
Will Garlan's report on Jack Smith's investigation reveal anything significant? Since he's doing it after the conclusion of Trump's criminal proceedings and not during, my guess is no. It will be much like every other investigation into Trump that ended up going nowhere.

Weird that you say they are being thrown out, but not why?
Please don’t go full Northern and ignore the civil and criminal cases. Don’t ignore the civil and criminal convictions on his businesses. Bill Barr, Trump’s longest lasting AG said the documents case was a conviction. The Georgia case was horrible for Trump so his team destroyed the prosecutor. I guess you are okay with what happened to Willis, but get indignant how Trump has been treated?

 

[BioHawk]

If the eleven overturns. Wouldn’t there be an emergency stay request from the Supreme Court. Essentially DOJ is going to have to work around anyway.

Probably, which is why if I were Biden I would release it anyway and throw their immunity ruling right back in their faces.

 

[cigaretteman]

When is it scheduled to be released?

Possibly tomorrow:

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[lucas80]

Cannon is the Waylon Smithers of the federal judiciary. There is no limit to her toadying for Trump.

 

[Hawk It Up]

I bet whatever is in there will be as damning as those tax returns that Rachel Maddow got her hands on. You know, those tax returns that showed Trump paid more than $38 million in federal taxes in 2005.

The White House said the $152 million in income was derived after accounting for "a large-scale depreciation." The pages show a writedown of $103.2 million. He paid the Alternative Minimum Tax of about $38 million.

 

[Hawk It Up]

For close to a decade, Trump has had lawyers, the media, and government officials giving him a 24/7 colonoscopy and they've found nothing. Case after case against him is being thrown out.

Excuse me? Did you just crawl out from under a rock?

He's a 34 time convicted felon.

Nothing??