More to Blue Dragon’s important point about how this unprecedented (and, yes tanq, that very much matters) raid on Donald Trump’s private residence looks to the population at large:

Quote:The immediate reaction to charges against Trump would depend on the facts and how they are obtained and presented. If they are clear and convincing and, most important, involve misconduct large enough to justify the break with history, they could earn a consensus of support.

That was the test I applied to the Mar-a-Lago raid, which Garland flunked. He said little and explained nothing, and is fighting to keep secret the crucial affidavit that led a magistrate to approve the search.

He also let anonymous officials spread tall tales about confidential documents Trump supposedly had. The Washington Post claim that the papers involved “nuclear weapons” had all the hyperbole of the Russia, Russia, Russia scam.

The pattern suggests Garland doesn’t understand or care he is playing with fire. His claim that he’s playing it by the book is absurd because there is no book on indicting a former president.

Link: https://nypost.com/2022/08/20/dems-war-o...precedent/

It has always been my assumption that we select federal judges for appointment based upon their greater intellect, temperament and integrity - - not merely some drone who knows how to follow “Rules of Procedure”. Unqualified observer that I am, I see nothing but partisan hackery involved in the issuance of the Mar-a-Lago warrant.