AG Garland appoints special counsel

Donald needs to give Jack a nasty nick name now: Jackass, Mad Jack, Deep state
Jack...

Donald must really feel the walls closing in lately.

See the dailyklos article above.

Smith, who is anything but a household name, is well-known within legal circles as a "scrappy... no-nonsense, hard-charger," as former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade told MSNBC shortly after the announcement.

McQuade took his appointment as a sign the department's investigations into Trump have taken a serious turn.

"The one thing I find most significant," she said, "is you don't need to appoint a special counsel just to decline a case. You don't call in a Jack Smith, someone with incredible credentials, incredible reputation, pull him out of The Hague to do this work, unless you think there is a very high likelihood that one of these cases is going to result in charges. So that's my read."

"Jack Smith is a solid pick," tweeted Joyce Vance White, a law school professor and MSNBC legal analyst. "His experience as specialist prosecutor for Kosovo suggests he can move into a serious, difficult ongoing investigation, run with it, & indict cases that should be indicted."

Highly regarded constitutional law scholar Laurence Tribe said he could think of "no one better suited" for the job, and former member of the Mueller team Andrew Weissmann added that Smith is a "very aggressive prosecutor who represents the best of the Department."

I'd say that was an endorsement if I ever saw one! Even Glenn Kerchner will be mollified!

I wonder if Jack was in the Hague because he also speaks other languages or learns languages really fast?

Giant Slayer Jack, no beanstalk required.

This image must haunt Donald, Jack looks like a comic book villain with the beard, the look and the purple outfit. Donald works from his "Gut" and how his gut works depends on someone's appearance. It would make a big difference to Donald if someone who looked like Woody Allen went after him, versus this guy, I know it's stupid, but so is Donald.

Trump's response to DOJ announcement makes former prosecutor chuckle
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Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti reacts to Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of a special counsel to oversee the criminal investigations of former President Donald Trump.

tangerinegreen555 said:

I get the feeling you don't like Garland. Lol.

This will be one of those times, the Mar a Largo case is open and shut.

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Garland's first action as AG should have been to have Dumpy arrested for Seditious Conspiracy and dragged off to jail pending trial and execution. But NO, he has dithered away two years and still has not charged Trump for ANYTHING!
Other that that I think he is a nice man, just not a prosecutor.

Even Glenn seems happy, a good sign.


The upside of AG Garland appointing Jack Smith as special counsel to investigate Trump's crimes

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We've now had 24 hours to absorb the news that Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed career prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel to assure control of the ongoing criminal investigations of former president Donald Trump. This video reviews the potential benefits of Merrick Garland no longer being in charge of the criminal investigations of Trump but instead having the investigations being handled by a career pubic integrity prosecutor who also prosecuted war crimes at The Hague.

Top Legal Experts Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok REACT to Breaking Legal News LIVE | Legal AF

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Anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, the top-rated news analysis podcast LegalAF x MeidasTouch is back for another hard-hitting look at the wheels of justice in “real time” in this post-Midterm Elections edition as they analyze and discuss this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this week’s episode, the anchors break-down and analyze: Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of Jack Smith as Special Counsel against Trump for Mar-a-Lago and the Insurrection; the 11th Circuit’s future oral argument on Judge Cannon’s special master procedure related to the Mar a Lago documents scandal; the appointment of an Independent Monitor over all of Trump’s businesses and assets by the New York judge overseeing the New York Attorney General civil fraud case; Trump’s lawsuit against the New York Attorney General in Florida gets transferred to the federal judge who just sanctioned Trump and his lawyers for their meritless case against Hillary Clinton; the Department of Justice files its emergency brief to the Supreme Court to reinstate President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program; and Mark Meadows loses again in his efforts to avoid testifying and producing phone records to the Jan6 Committee, and so much more.

GoatSoup said:

Other that that I think he is a nice man, just not a prosecutor.

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If Timothy McVeigh was around he’d probably disagree with you.

CunningCanuk said:

If Timothy McVeigh was around he’d probably disagree with you.

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Everything I've seen says Jack is a giant killer and a swift one too. First the secret documents and obstruction of justice to put him away for life, fast and simple, no way out. Then the more complex J6 case, which will take a while and involve lots of defendants. With the kingpin already gone they won't need to make many deals with meadows or others to nail Donald or give anybody a very good deal if they are first through his doorway.

The documents case will break the ice and the back of the magats in congress without Donald to back stop them and make convictions in the conspiracy case much easier. Donald will go down before any of his cronies and will squeal his head off while in custody and hang everybody while trying to blame them, it will be a real shit show.

In the meantime, you haven't seen desperate and stupid yet, he is already flogging the republicans to support him and echo his lies. Showtime for the magats in congress, let's see if the republican party follows him into the abyss or just the likes of MTG and such. Loyalty test time soon, he expects them to die on the courthouse steps for him.

Let's talk about whether the Trump Special Counsel is partisan....

CunningCanuk said:

If Timothy McVeigh was around he’d probably disagree with you.

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In fairness it's probably easier to nail a domestic terrorist mad bomber than a domestic terrorist ex-president with a following of violent insurrectionists and Q Anon wingnuts.

The ex-president gets other people to do the dirty work, throws them under the bus while proclaiming his own innocence, and then promises future pardons because they were 'patriots'.

And even though he did it in out in the open in broad daylight on national TV, it will be a tough case to legally prove with a never ending onslaught of right wing media attacks.

Modern day political racketeering with a fat orange crime boss. Hard to believe, hard to watch and totally disgusting and chaotic.

Watergate lasted from June 1972 to August 1974, start to finish. But that was a time of moral integrity that is as gone as the dinosaurs, and led to the rise of right wing radio and right wing TV networks so they could improve their chances in future Watetgates.

And here we are...

Trump FREAKS OUT at DOJ Special Counsel Selection

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on how Donald Trump and the MAGA echo chamber are losing their minds at the selection of Jack Smith as the Special Counsel to investigate Trump’s crimes.

GoatSoup said:

Garland's first action as AG should have been to have Dumpy arrested for Seditious Conspiracy and dragged off to jail pending trial and execution. But NO, he has dithered away two years and still has not charged Trump for ANYTHING!
Other that that I think he is a nice man, just not a prosecutor.

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Are you a lawyer?

Herb & Suds said:

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needs ketchup

cannabineer said:

needs ketchup

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Got some on the condiment wall.

topcat said:

Got some on the condiment wall.

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The more I find out about Jack the more I like him, and I can see why he might make Donald panic when he realizes who is now after his ass. Fast Jack might be a good nickname for this guy from what I'm seeing, even Glenn Kirschner is happy FFS!