# F Merrick Garland. (He won't be going after anyone)

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**Created:** [July 19, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-merrick-garland-he-wont-be-going-after-anyone/968190 "2022-07-19T06:39:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-merrick-garland-he-wont-be-going-after-anyone/968190/58 "2022-07-28T13:23:03Z")

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> [@Skywatcher](#):
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> > [@DWMarch](#):
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> > The interview where Garland tactfully steps around the question is frustrating to watch. Paraphrased, liberties added by me for emphasis:
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> This interview?
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> [https://www.axios.com/2022/07/26/merrick-garland-donald-trump-jan-6](https://www.axios.com/2022/07/26/merrick-garland-donald-trump-jan-6)

I quoted part of that interview **[in another thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers/925537/6152)** specifically because it seemed to me that Garland was emphatically saying that anyone – no matter who it is – who was criminally responsible for the events of Jan 6 or found to be “attempting to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to another” will be held accountable.

I suppose the salient question here is whether Garland was just flapping his mouth for purposes of a sound bite, or whether he can be taken at his word.

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