Thread by @MuellerSheWrote

THREAD: Oh, but let me tell you how UN-politicized Garland’s DoJ is.

People on the right are crying foul, saying Joe Biden and Merrick Garland are going after trump for political reasons.

Are they though?

Not even close. 1/

First, it was Acting Attorney General Rosen - left over from the trump administration- that OPENED the non-partisan DoJ IG investigation into former DoJ officials’ potential interference in the peaceful transfer of power. That probe was opened BEFORE Garland got there. 2/

Then in October of 2021, Garland swore under oath to congress that he would accept the recommendations of that DoJ IG probe - meaning that probe was still ongoing in the fall of 2021. 3/

Then between his testimony and January of 2022, Garland must have gotten those NON PARTISAN recommendations. And he then appointed Thomas Windom to investigate the top of the coup. 4/

https://twitter.com/muellershewrote/status/1516947948025786373

THEN, they waited for the 1/6 BI-PARTISAN select committee to finish their work so DoJ could ensure consistency among testimony they got from the federal grand jury and testimony from witnesses to the committee. 5/

THEN, once Donald announced his candidacy, Garland appointed special counsel Jack Smith to take over the 1/6 probe from Windom and the documents probe from Garland’s Public Integrity Unit. THEN a GRAND JURY of Donald’s peers voted to indict him. 6/

So, no. This isn’t political. This was the most a-political (and therefore slowly-moving) set of investigations in history. Non-partisan IG, bi-partisan committee, independent prosecutor, and grand jury. So sit down, republicans. You’re way out of your league. END/