Here’s a thread by CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig that’s making a lot of Democrats very, very sad — even sick to their stomachs — so we thought we’d share it. Honig is giving an update on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s investigations into Donald Trump trying to steal the 2020 election and incite the January 6 insurrection. As it turns out, there’s no sign of any such investigation and not even Rep. Adam Schiff knows of one.
For anyone who believes Garland is running some highly-secret probe of Trump's role in trying to steal the election or January 6 — there's zero public sign of any such investigation, and neither the FBI Director nor Adam Schiff know of one.
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) November 29, 2021
"He's waiting for IG report!" (1) IG reports are limited in scope and capacity, and only examine internally DOJ's role, (2) it would be prosecutorial malpractice to sit back and let an IG finish its work before even starting on the criminal side.
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) November 29, 2021
"He's doing it right and keeping it super-quiet!" Maybe. That would mean he hasn't served any subpoenas or done any witness interviews (which people are free to disclose, generally), the media hasn't picked up on a whiff of anything, and neither FBI nor Schiff knows.
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) November 29, 2021
Again, not even Schiff knows, and he knows things no one else does.
“He’s working up from the bottom and flipping low-level players!” Like who? Who has been charged who might reasonably know anything about the involvement of Trump or other major power players? It’s not like he’s charged anyone close to inner power circles.
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) November 29, 2021
“He’s waiting for Congress!” Another full year from now? And again: this would be prosecutorial malpractice to wait that long and to allow key witnesses to go through a whole examination process before even starting on the criminal side. (Also: Schiff knows of no such thing).
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) November 29, 2021
What does Honig think is going to happen to Congress a full year from now?
This is funny, especially in the timing, because it reminds us of all the people tweeting #MUELLERTIME along with a photo of Robert Mueller in a Santa hat, confident he was going to release the report that would bring down Trump as a Christmas present.
This is disheartening. Still hoping for a big Christmas present.🙏
— Lynn V. (@LynnV60109585) November 29, 2021
See … they’re still waiting for that Christmas present. Someone Photoshop Garland into a Santa hat.
I had hopes.
— M & M's Mom (@bobbieloop) November 29, 2021
This depresses the hell out of me.
— Merritt Kelly (@MerrittKelly1) November 29, 2021
Thanks for making me depressed today Elie. I feel justice will never be served.
— Frank Merfort (@Finksterman) November 29, 2021
This makes me sick to my stomach.
— DuchessofHastings (@JustJoanSCI) November 29, 2021
Disheartening to the extreme.
— Paul Reimer (@reimerpaul_paul) November 29, 2021
This makes me sad. We are lost.
— WI Northwoods (@WiNorthwoods) November 29, 2021
Feels like Mueller 2.0. We want to believe something is happening, but in reality?
— CubbieBear 💉😷 (@CubbieBear724) November 29, 2021
This is just so wrong.
— Rene' Truax (@jrtruax) November 29, 2021
Should have been Sally Yates
— D. D. (@WTD60a) November 29, 2021
Garland has been a huge disappointment.
— Susan Lane (@frarchie) November 29, 2021
I want to cry.
— Pat Jones (@pksjones) November 29, 2021
Don’t cry.
And that’s all a damn good thing.
— DDbluewave20 Reclaiming 🇺🇸 (@dbluewave20) November 29, 2021
Cool. Good to see people not provoking civil conflict. https://t.co/jESspytVko
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) November 29, 2021
Garland’s too busy going after parents at school board meetings to prosecute Trump. He’s decided who the domestic terrorists are.
Related:
‘This is the ‘journalism’ of a witch hunt’: Drew Holden carefully dismantles David Frum’s piece claiming to prove that ‘Trump-Russia was not a hoax’ https://t.co/RZ4mvFwNQ4
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 29, 2021
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