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In reply to the discussion: Garland let Gaetz walk [View all]Wiz Imp
(2,411 posts)50. Statute of limitations ran out on the statutory rape in 2020 anyway.
I didn't see specific allegations in the report concerning the drugs. Without specifics, it's hard to gauge exactly what he could be charged with.
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Also, Kamala Harris was the first Democratic Senator to go on national televsion and call for Franken to resign
Celerity
Monday
#83
According to the report, there was no Mann Act violation or federal sex trafficking...
reACTIONary
Monday
#66
Not if he was using or distributing Drugs in DC itself. The DOJ does this type of prosecutions in the district.
mackdaddy
Monday
#23
He's just waiting for a really, really big case like a homeless person stealing a loaf of bread from the congressional
yaesu
Monday
#6
Maybe he'll give the federalist society another entertaining talk someday on this.
Think. Again.
Monday
#7
Typical Garland behavior. And 3 years later too. Why so long? Am I surprised? NO. I'm disgusted w/ him
SWBTATTReg
Monday
#10
President Biden made many a good decision in his tenure, Garland was NOT one of them. n/t
SheilaAnn
Monday
#14
News flash: Prosecutors don't always win their cases. But the facts emerge at trial
Bobstandard
Monday
#32
Prosecutors don't bring cases they don't believe they have a reasonable chance of winning.
Ms. Toad
Monday
#46
Nope. Despite its name, the Department of Justice lives within the letter of the law.
Ms. Toad
Monday
#82
"what do Garland apologists have to say now?"...I have the same question. I remember when I spoke against Garland
Escurumbele
Monday
#22
"and to have purchased and used illegal drugs, including from his Capitol Hill office,"
Hotler
Monday
#28
Whether he knew the girl was 17 is irrelevant to the law. But the statute of limitations ran out in 2020 anyway.
Wiz Imp
Monday
#49
And here in Florida, there's people in jail for 12 months because they smoked a God-Damn ONE joint.
chouchou
Monday
#34
Why didn't Biden fire Garland a couple of years ago, when this pattern became obvious.
TheRickles
Monday
#37
I believe Pres. Biden didn't fire his less than adequate Cabinet Secretaries and appointees, because...
yellow dahlia
Monday
#59
Sure there weren't. I have read the report and there is certainly probable cause.
Mr.WeRP
Monday
#74
Plenty of crimes Gaetz committed that DoJ could have prosecuted for that came out of the evidence collected by the ethic
Wiz Imp
Monday
#51
Bill Barr was the Attorney General overseeing the investigation of Matt Gaetz when it started.
summer_in_TX
Yesterday
#90