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151. "Jack Smith was appointed TWENTY MONTHS after the insurrection."

Let's do some education, shall we?

First - you do realize that when Joe Biden was inaugurated, the majority of the U.S. Attorneys were to submit their resignations. THEY are the people who actually do the prosecutions, NOT the AG.

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia (Matthew Graves) was not CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE and sworn in until November 2021. "Actings" can do some things but are restricted.

But even before that, from an article published less than a week after Biden was inaugurated -

Sedition investigations could 'bear fruit soon' in Capitol riot cases, FBI says

Author: Jordan Fischer
Published: 5:26 PM EST January 26, 2021
Updated: 5:26 PM EST January 26, 2021


WASHINGTON — The FBI has now opened more than 400 subject case files stemming from the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, the assistant director of the Washington field office said during a briefing Tuesday. Assistant Director in Charge Steven D’Antuono provided an update to media about the Department of Justice’s ongoing efforts to identify and charge those who participated in the Capitol riot. D’Antuono said so far the case has resulted in:

More than 200,000 social media tips from the public.

500+ grand jury subpoenas and search warrants

400+ subject case files

150+ federal cases and 50+ cases in D.C. Superior Court

D’Antuono said those cases range from misdemeanor charges all the way up to “significant federal felonies,” some of which carry a 20-year prison sentence. He also said the Department of Justice is all-hands-on-deck to pursue Capitol riot cases.

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He and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael Sherwin said the cases that have been filed so far are the simpler ones – and that the FBI is working on more complicated cases involving interstate conspiracies by militia groups. He also said to expect a “geometric increase” in cases involving assaults on officers as agents continue combing through the thousands of hours of footage recovered from the event – as well as the possibility of rare sedition charges.

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https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/fbi-says-sedition-investigations-could-bear-fruit-soon-400-case-files-opened-in-capitol-riot/65-b098491e-92c3-4ffb-98e3-3b0d8c9d0499

And let me add an overlay that has been completely IGNORED during all of these discussions about 2020/2021/2022. I.e., what ELSE was going on during ALL of 2021 (to date)?



Yes, a PANDEMIC. And that not only disrupted the workforce but ALSO closed many of the courts, which eventually had to move to "remote"/"closed circuit" operation.

So this was going on in the midst of the other events.

And I'm supposed to be impressed that Garland siezed Eastman's and Perry's phones SIXTEEN MONTHS after the insurrection?

I noticed that you (or whoever created that list) not-so-cleverly omitted the dates on which those things occurred.

Let's start from the top:

The insurrection occurred on January 6, 2021.

And you carefully left this out - President Biden was INAUGURATED January 20, 2021. Which then misses that you had leftover Jeff Sessions/Bill Barr people running the department, with Jeff Rosen as "Acting AG" until that happened.

After that, Biden appointed DOJ civil servant Monty Wilkinson as "Acting AG" until Garland was sworn in.

Merrick Garland wasn't confirmed until March 2021 (highlights of the February confirmation hearings are here), where J6 was foremost in the hearings. And as noted above, the U.S. Attorney for D.C. wasn't brought in until November 2021.

Eastman's phone was seized in June 2022. And you're impressed with that?

The insurrection occurred on January 6, 2021. Perry's phone was seized in August 2022 . And you're impressed with that?

Mike Lindell had nothing to do with the insurrection.

What entity knew what Eastman's role was on January 6 other than ranting and raving at a (First Amendment protected) rally?

Lindell's role happened BEFORE January 6 pushing CT theories just after the election in November 2020.

He, Ghouliani, and the Kraken lawyers Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell were on a conspiracy tour to multiple locations (including here in PA in Gettysburg near the end of November 2020). In some cases, they were actually addressing members of GOP-controlled state legislatures (including some here in PA who sponsored that bullshit Gettysburg super-spreader event).

The insurrection occurred on January 6, 2021. Kash Patel testified in October 2022. . And you're impressed with that?

I could continue down the list but it's pretty telling, don't you think, that dates are not included?

You obviously missed the fact that there were multiple layers of things that went on BEFORE January 6, and that continued after it.

The scope of what was eventually realized to be a large "conspiracy" of seemingly unconnected events that had to be unraveled, and tied together. I.e.,

1.) Eastman was eventually found to have spearheaded the "fake electors" plots. Since ELECTIONS ARE HANDLED BY THE STATES, the "fake electors" were the responsibility OF THE STATES. There were 7 states that participated in this. Meanwhile NARA (yes THAT NARA) would have received copies of those "fake certifications" and probably did a WTF? because it was unprecedented and they set that mess aside.

2.) You also had a layer within Congress who had planned to object to the results of those 7 states (and ultimately considered objecting to 4, but due to the trashing of the Capitol, eventually settled on 2). The point being to cause confusion and doubt and try to send the decision back to the state legislatures to decide

3.) In the waning days of 45's administration, you had Jeff Clark being pushed to take over after Barr left, with the intent to do this by firing Jeff Rosen (who was Acting at the end of December 2020), and installing Clark. That move resulted in the threats of a whole layer of appointees resigning - but again, this was BEFORE Biden was inaugurated. The point of Clark was to use him to CO-OPT DOJ to support the contention that "the election was stolen" and add weight to the nonsense to convince Congress to "send the decision back to the states to decide the outcome".

Along with other Plan Bs and Cs, that were happening with some states going through multiple recounts (AZ & GA), you essentially had a convoluted mess of both federal AND state election interference.

All of this was completely unprecedented and it is fantasy to expect that anyone could have come up with any of these plots right away. THAT is something that NO ONE could have ever figured out instantly.

Nobody has said that Garland has done nothing.

Half the responses in this thread HAVE said he did "nothing".

What's incompetent (and perhaps even corrupt) is that he did most everything TOO LATE. And then, to top it all off, he appointed the hack Robert Hur, whom he MUST have known would deliver a political smear.

Why would he know that Hur would be a "hack"? WE might assume that he, like Weiss and Durham (remember him of the "investigating-the-Russia probe" fame who managed to have several of his cases end up in acquittals? ), were RW loons, but in the real "governing world", that is something that unfortunately can't be considered criteria.