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FakeNoose

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24. When Garland came in the decisions had already been made to shut it all down
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 11:39 AM
17 hrs ago

Garland wasn't the Attorney General until 2021, but the investigation was shut down in 2015. The evidence disappeared sometime after that, in 2015 or 2016. We have to go back further.

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What a surprise. Ocelot II 20 hrs ago #1
K and R PCIntern 20 hrs ago #2
Wow. There is just no bottom to the filth of these people. Scrivener7 19 hrs ago #3
K&R jmbar2 19 hrs ago #4
So why??? Farmer-Rick 19 hrs ago #5
low lifes in high places. mopinko 19 hrs ago #7
Key players are heavily compromised. evolves 19 hrs ago #9
Not everyone. The Obama administration was pursuing justice. yardwork 19 hrs ago #11
"Everyone" can be used to define a smaller group Farmer-Rick 17 hrs ago #34
MUST READ malaise 19 hrs ago #6
Adam Schiff summed it up perfectly... GiqueCee 19 hrs ago #8
No Character -- No one in this maladministration has any character OMGWTF 17 hrs ago #20
Perfect quote... GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #29
Now I feel I really need to read that book. nt eppur_se_muova 5 hrs ago #49
So if Trump hadn't been elected in 2016 he'd be in prison. yardwork 19 hrs ago #10
I wouldn't bet money on it. SergeStorms 18 hrs ago #13
But that happened because Trump was elected in 2016. yardwork 18 hrs ago #15
Correction: SergeStorms 18 hrs ago #18
It started dying in Bush V Gore, Amaryllis 18 hrs ago #19
I'd go back to St. Ronald Raygun and his fast-tracking citizenship for Rupert Murdoch OMGWTF 17 hrs ago #22
I suspect you are correct. Read my post at #16 harumph 18 hrs ago #17
Because Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in 2020. yardwork 17 hrs ago #26
Paging Musks DOGE team... BattleRow 18 hrs ago #12
Not when DOGE's supposed paragon.... SergeStorms 18 hrs ago #14
Ok, so my question... harumph 18 hrs ago #16
I think you just brought us one step closer to the truth FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #21
My gut is telling me that Garland deliberately chose not to pursue this. harumph 17 hrs ago #23
When Garland came in the decisions had already been made to shut it all down FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #24
Sorry, but I don't find it a plausible argument that Garland was not even aware of such an important investigation harumph 17 hrs ago #27
Remember Obama nominated Garland instead of a young progressive in order to embarrass the Republicans. Marcuse 7 hrs ago #48
+1 leftstreet 17 hrs ago #25
See my response #26 above. yardwork 17 hrs ago #28
Ding ding ding FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #30
I think that's probably true. But my problem is that despite the investigation getting killed, harumph 16 hrs ago #35
We don't know what Biden's DOJ was investigating. yardwork 15 hrs ago #44
And they made sure Kamala Harris lost, too. Wednesdays 16 hrs ago #41
I don't think it was.... SergeStorms 15 hrs ago #45
The catchy title of the investigation tells you all you need to know. malthaussen 13 hrs ago #46
Make it so ! FraDon 12 hrs ago #47
And this explains why Hillary Clinton was accused of sex trafficking. yardwork 17 hrs ago #31
Hmmm connection to the Panama Papers? 🤔🤔🤔 underpants 17 hrs ago #32
Good point. yardwork 17 hrs ago #33
I really don't think Chump is a druggie FakeNoose 16 hrs ago #36
I thought Iran Contra. CIA involvement which may then bring in foreign intelligence agencies. mjvpi 16 hrs ago #38
So THAT'S where... 2naSalit 16 hrs ago #37
Wyden's Probes gfarber 16 hrs ago #39
So Israel is the drug supplier to the U. S.? pwb 16 hrs ago #40
HCR! Bookmarking to read later. yellow dahlia 15 hrs ago #42
Let's play CONNECT THE DOTS FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #43
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