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AZJonnie

(2,116 posts)
3. Well I'm always interested to hear both sides before forming conclusions and love people's passion generally
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 05:59 PM
Thursday

Especially when eruditely presented, but this particular missive is unreadable for me in it's current format. I rarely do this but I'm just going to feed it to AI to decipher it. Thanks for cluing me in

Edit: Here is the result:

Don’t blame anyone except Trump and the courts enabling him; efforts to shift blame elsewhere are misleading.

Prosecutors became scapegoats: Instead of blaming Trump for trial delays, some of his opposition oddly blamed the prosecutors—because Trump used courts, especially those with partisan judges, to postpone his trial far past indictment.

Media figures (Carol Leonnig) and some critics on the left steered attention away from court delays and Trump’s legal maneuvering—and focused blame on Merrick Garland or the prosecutors themselves. This narrative distracted from the real cause of delays.

The media’s framing led progressives to attack the prosecution, claiming Garland was intentionally slow or “sabotaging” the investigation—despite evidence that he moved quickly and appointed Jack Smith with a strong team already in place.

The fallout: The left harshly criticized Garland and the prosecution based on narratives started by a handful of influential voices, ignoring facts about Trump’s tactics and the real reason for delays (court scheduling and appeals).

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