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In reply to the discussion: I'm going to say it, and you can place yourself where you want on this [View all]BumRushDaShow
(129,936 posts)For "high profile" work, he might do a "sign off" but otherwise, he's not micromanaging their cases. There are layers including a Deputy AG, who manages that.
It seems that non-feds don't get that the Department Heads are pretty much "figure heads" who serve at the pleasure of the President. I worked under 6 Presidents and had a rolling cast of characters as Department Heads over my agency.
And for all we know, which apparently is something that hasn't been broached here, what if it was Garland who directed that SDNY shit or get off the pot and get stuff in?
I noticed that the Sedition Hunters have (correctly) been frustrated at the slow pace of some of the U.S. Attorney Offices completing investigations and arresting many of the J6 rally insurrectionists (because THOSE offices do the actual legwork and arrests based on where the suspect is residing, before shunting the case over to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia), and there has been a sudden uptick in those types of arrests (I noticed because I have been seeing more articles and posting OPs about them).
And to address this -
There is a difference between "managing" and "influencing" and it seems DU wants "influencing" in the manner that was described in the article I excerpted, which provided some insights from what Geoff Berman wrote in his book.