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[–] [email protected] 91 points 5 months ago

The same Clarence Thomas trying to give ammo to the Trump team undermine the very idea of a special counsel?!? I can't believe it

[–] [email protected] 66 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck 42 points 5 months ago (2 children)

So far past time it’s not even funny.

Best marrick garland will do is nothing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He might pretend to do something…

[–] FuglyDuck 12 points 5 months ago

like I said. the best he will do is nothing. he's not very imaginative so he fails at most make-pretend games.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There is no alternative course of action. If you're expecting him to resign before November, don't hold your breath. At the end of the day they won't impeach but if you don't air the dirty laundry, what good is having the majority?

[–] FuglyDuck 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I was talking about Marrick doing something other than sitting around with a Trump-branded dildo up his ass.

The kinds of people who would resign over corruption allegations generally don’t go in for, uh, that much corruption…

[–] Mikey_donuts 29 points 5 months ago

This guy is as crooked as a pretzel

[–] drdalek 24 points 5 months ago

He is going to refuse to cooperate with the special counsel, claiming they have no grounds to oversee his actions.

[–] BertramDitore 11 points 5 months ago

Merrick Garland definitely doesn’t have the courage to do this, and it’s entirely up to him.

Of course with the power Thomas just gave him, Biden could order the Justice Department to open an investigation without a special counsel, but he clearly won’t do that. Same lack of courage.

We sure do have a courage deficiency in the Democratic Party, and it will be our downfall.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver 4 points 5 months ago

Ahhh, yes, sadly another dead end for actual justice.