To A-G Merrick Garland, The “DoJ,” Washington, DC
Dear Sir, Greetings from New Hampshire. I am currently a candidate for US House of Reps from this state’s District 1. No need for me to say if I am “D” or “R,” as it doesn’t matter. I am an ordinary American and could be either D or R. Who cares?
I don’t know your background, Mr. Garland. It is possible you are an immigrant. If so, first of all, welcome! Second, please know that you are just as worthy as a native-born. Americans of all colors and sizes are glad that their compatriots are of all colors and sizes. It makes life interesting, and solidarity gives crucial protection. Ah, America!
Today I saw a video on the Internet about our recent president, Donald Trump. It had to do with a raid on his home in Florida. People are saying, rightly or wrongly, that you have loosed your dogs on him as a sort of party vengeance. Or party competition.
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Politics are, in essence, competitive. You, as a D, are free to trounce the Rs. You can make jokes about them, roast them, or give campaign donations to defeat them. That’s perfectly acceptable. Only a party pooper (no pun intended) would object.
In my opinion, you can also write up a smart prosecutorial case against a particular R. The law’s the law, isn’t it? It’s color blind. Did the aforementioned ex-president commit a grave crime? I, personally, would give him hell. To hush up a crime is exactly what we don’t want. It bespeaks protecting the powerful — and we can’t have that.
There were war-crime charges against Pres George W Bush. But when Obama got the gig, he — in effect — pardoned Bush by not allowing the matter to be pursued. In 1974, when Ford pardoned Nixon, officially, it was seen to be an R doing a favor for an R. Kind of naughty. But in 2009, Obama — a D — protected an R from criminal charges. That’s worse! It practically screams, “We, the powerful, gotta stick together.”
Never mind, Sir, I did not mean to go off on that track. You are chasing after an ex-president, which I approve of. But, as I mentioned, people are saying you are huddling with the D’s in the DoJ, maybe champaigning it. It’s really not OK. We don’t do that; it is degrading. People around the world are already worried that we have lost our clout. And our legacy. And now, our style?
Why am I suspicious of the Florida raid? I have not yet heard why you ordered it, but I assume it has to do with the January 6 affair. It looks to me that that Invasion was a theatrical set-up. (As is everything, quote unquote Sandy Hook, Boston Marathon, etc.) What about the lady who was breaking the glass? Have you figured out who organized that? She surely didn’t need it as a means of entry to the Capitol; the doors were open. What about the Viking costume with the horns — who scripted that?
I guess you think Donald Trump arranged for the Invasion. What could have been his motive? For ruffians to get rough with Pence? That is totally absurd. Pence was in the counting House, counting out the ballots. Every word of it is recorded in the Congressional Record of Jan 6. The proper procedure of 3 USC 15 was followed to a T. No one tried to get Pence to sidestep his role. Not even the 138 R’s who raised challenges to the envelopes from Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Law prevailed; it was beautiful. Ah, America.
But now, the method of getting at the truth is to “invade” Mar-a Lago. Can you see the CNN editorials? “They found Melania’s lingerie in the conservatory….”
Look, Mr. Garland, you screwed up. It was a mistake, and an apology may suffice to end it. We do NOT want that FBI raid to appear in our history books. It’s not done. It’s not us. Searching for evidence is OK, but not super-partisan and not done as a power play. The nation is mortified.
By the way, did you do any raiding over the destruction caused by “rioters” in Seattle last year? If you did, let me know, and maybe I’ll rethink this whole thing.
Here’s a video of me proposing to have Adam Schiff expelled for his outrageous handling of the Jan 6 “hearings”:
Yours sincerely,
Mary Maxwell
