This is my frustration as well.…
However, some Biden aides say that in his [Garland's] decisions to select Trump-appointed prosecutors as special counsels in both the classified documents investigation and the probe into Hunter Biden (led by US Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss), Garland's attempts to go out of his way to not appear biased often led to over-correcting toward conservative prosecutors.
Yeah, and that is just a few of the issues we have seen with Garland but it all comes down to the same problem, in an effort to look as non-political as possible Garland ends up still being political.
"What Democrats do is they bend over backwards not to look partisan, and then they end up hiring people that are partisan but in the other direction,” an unnamed Biden donor told Politico. "There’s no question in my mind that the villain here is Merrick Garland."
That's it, that's the problem.
At least Joe Biden may decide to go in another direction for his second term:
If President Joe Biden wins a second term in November, he's not likely to keep Attorney General Merrick Garland in his current role, according to a new report.
This sums up how I (and many others) feel pretty well:
"I had refused to criticize [Garland] but appointing Hur, who is obviously a Republican tool and who issued what I think is an irresponsible report which violates DOJ standards, was a mistake," Democratic consultant Robert Shrum said. "I think Garland will be criticized by historians. We’ve had some terrific attorneys general and some not so good attorneys general. And I think he’s going to rank in the not so good."
I say it all the time but I don't think Garland is a bad man, I just think he is a timid man who's not right for the times we live in. We need bold leadership to defend the law and our democracy.
Garland's theory is that he needs to restore the American public's faith in the DOJ, but appointing patrician hacks isn't restoring MY faith in the justice department, how about you? Do you have more or less faith in the DOJ after the latest SC conservative hit job.. I mean"report" from a Republican prosecutor appointed by Garland?
So, if you STILL support Garland after everything we have seen over the last few years, does knowing that Biden is souring on him change your mind?
This reporting confirms Biden and his people are thinking the same thing many of us who have questions about Garland's leadership have been saying for years.