Mr. Not-So-Fast

Rodney Clough
3 min readAug 31, 2022

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US Attorney General, Merrick Garland. Photo courtesy NBC News

When they go low, we go to court.

“United States vs. Donald J. Trump”

August 30

Seeking to appear ‘non-political,’ the Department of Justice has sought to file its grievances with 45 before the Court in Florida.

In other words, to fulfill its mission to protect the people of the United States, the Justice Department will not release information about its case without first protecting its release by judicial fiat. (1)

In a separate action AG Garland released a memo instructing all “political appointment employees” of the DOJ to cease any political activity, including appearances at political rallies, during the run up to and after the 2022 elections. (2)

He means it.

One can imagine what the Biden appointed AG teams walk into daily at DOJ, after 4 years of Trump allies occupying sensitive jurisdictional divisions and administrative offices.

On any other day, Garland’s memo would be viewed as “SOP,” but given an impending election cycle and the distribution habits of Trump appointees of leaking information through social media, this directive is critical to sustaining and preserving the work of the Department and the rule of law.

Sorry, Twitter and Truth Social followers. You won’t hear it here, first.

Sorry, Mr. Giuliani, the Court in Florida represents the people’s constitutional rights, not Facebook nor Twitter, nor Fox News.

Sorry, Christina Bobb, for your actions in delaying, lying and deceiving the people access to information your client received illegally, you will probably face prosecution.

Sorry, people of MAGA world, your conspiracy of spreading disinformation can be refuted by referring to the legal step of sealing any information gathered by or presented to the Court. Yes, there will be a paper trail.

Heretofore, there will be no basis for your innuendos.

Sorry, Trump solicitors, the legal path invalidates the need for a “Special Master” in this matter. What has been sorted out in the interest of preserving ‘lawyer-client privilege,’ was sorted out in June, the last time you turned over some of the documents that had been removed illegally. That is, based on the documents we knew existed at that time. For the remainder, wherever these documents remain hidden, it serves no purpose to retain a “Special Master.” Any “remaining documents” will be sought, following protocols stipulated by a “Special Master.” Hence, no negotiations with legal teams concerning release based on ‘executive privilege’ nor ‘lawyer-client privilege.’

If you obstruct our efforts to obtain documents belonging to the people of the United States, the people of the United States will no longer wait for their release. The DOJ operates from thousands of offices across the United States. Its litigators at any time can appear in court to request a grand jury subpoena.

Your efforts to defeat the will of the people of the United States will be fought in multiple courts, at multiple times, by multiple law enforcement personnel.

And yes, with multiple levels of urgency.

August 31

Notes

1-https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/us/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-documents.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2-.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/30/garland-justice-political-appointee-hatch/

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Rodney Clough
Rodney Clough

Written by Rodney Clough

Refuses to nap. Septuagenarian. Cliche’ raker. Writes weekly.

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