Why Merrick Garland’s Inaction Should Worry Us All

As suggested in the meme here, patience and trust are elements of good character. We’d all love to believe our nation is right around the corner from seeing justice rain down on Team Trump.

Here’s a troubling thought, however: witness tampering.

The commission of a crime like this should have been stopped the moment there was probable cause, and that’s been obvious for at least a couple of weeks, i.e., since Trump’s attempted to impede the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson in front of the Select Committee and his more recent phone call to someone who was about to take the stand.

If you want to build an airtight case for seditious conspiracy or treason, we all understand that this can require months of evidence-gathering, and we regard the need for caution and measured progress.  However, when a crime is being committed in real time, like a bank robber who’s taken hostages, you don’t go back to your office and prepare an indictment; you simply arrest the perpetrator at the first opportunity. The safety of the American people is a stake.

Garland is emphatic in his statement that no one’s above the law.  But if you or I were under investigation for a crime and brazenly contacted someone who was scheduled to testify again us, we’d have been arrested with a few minutes.