US Senator Calls Former USAG Merrick Garland a 'Coward'

Friday, March 27, 2026

Sen. Ruben Gallego on Wednesday called former Attorney General Merrick Garland a "coward" over his handling of prosecuting Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 03:31 PM | 24 COMMENTS | permalink

Gallego: Merrick Garland was a 'coward' over Jan. 6

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-- Politico (@politico.com) Mar 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM

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US Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ):

"I think he was a coward, and if I could ever take down his photo from the US Attorney's office, I would gladly do it," the former USMC combat veteran said of Merrick Garland. "He was willing to sacrifice our democracy for the institution of the DOJ. There is no DOJ without democracy."

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What US Senator Ruben Gallego elided from his scathing criticism of Merrick Garland was how from 21 Jan 2021 to 19 Jan 2025 he inexplicably did not release the absolutely damaging FBI files on notorious sex monster/Israeli Mossad asset Jeffrey Epstein which would have exposed Dummkopf Trumpf.

Instead, Special Counsel Jack Smith and the federal judiciary system performed a grand kabuki theatre for four years which resulted in nothing.

Had USAG Merrick Garland released the Epstein files in February or March 2021, Trumpf would have spent four years in federal and state courts fighting off charges and litigation regarding his pedophilia, severely hampering his presidential campaign. Imagine all of the witnesses and victims coming forth in courtrooms and congressional hearings from mid-2021 to 5 Nov 2024.

Now the 2021-2025 Joe Biden/Kamala Harris administration will go down in history as an American "Weimar Republic" that ushered this pedophilic oligarchal warmonger into the White House. Lastly, the "American Weimar Republic's" unqualified support for Israel's genocidal campaign against the Palestinians-- against the vocal wishes of America's multi-million strong antiwar movement-- spelled the end for the Democrats on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024 when 6,265,888 of their former supporters stayed home rather than vote for Dummkopf Trumpf or Jill Stein.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-26 01:06 AM

"Coward?"

I'm not yet convinced of that.

"Took too long"

Yeah, I'm not opposed to that opinion.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-26 01:07 AM

He was a coward.

History will remember him as a significant contributor to the current mess we find ourselves in.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-26 02:00 AM

@#3 ... He was a coward. ...

Was he?

Or might he have been looking more to the future?

I wish I knew.

One thing I do note, however...

Fmr AG Garland's reluctance to bring charges against Pres Trump for Pres Trump's actions may have been done to show that fmr Pres Biden did not view the DoJ at the time as his (fmr Pres Biden's) personal lawyer force, as Pres Trump seems to view AG Bondi's DoJ.

So, maybe, fmr AG Garland was not a coward, but a courageous precedent-setter?

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-26 03:29 AM

DOJ should have opened the investigation the moment Biden was sworn in.

Letting Congress do it's investigation first was an enormous mistake.

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-26 08:19 AM

The DOJ was hyper aggressive in its prosecution of J6 offenders. I guess because none got the death sentence it wasn't enough to satiate the left.

#6 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-26 01:08 PM

The DOJ was hyper aggressive in its prosecution of J6 offenders.

Hardly. They took it easy on those traitors.

The same mistakes made during Reconstruction were made with J6ers. I suspect that, if we survive Trump 2.0, we'll make the same mistakes again.

#7 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-27 11:24 AM

"The DOJ was hyper aggressive in its prosecution of J6 offenders."

Give us some examples of how they were more aggressive than other prosecutions.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-27 11:25 AM

-The DOJ was hyper aggressive in its prosecution of J6 offenders

is that a bad thing?

they're lucky they weren't executed when they entered the US Capitol building that day.

#9 | Posted by eberly at 2026-03-27 11:45 AM

they're lucky they weren't executed...

Who's that, Congress and Mike Pence?

#10 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-03-27 04:37 PM

BALLWASHER THE ------- ----. ---- OFF, MAGAT SCUM.

#11 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-27 05:12 PM

Garlands delays in prosecuting Trump over a number of issues are inexcusable.

#12 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-03-27 05:21 PM

Or might he have been looking more to the future?
So, maybe, fmr AG Garland was not a coward, but a courageous precedent-setter?

#4 | Posted by LampLighter

Yes he set the precedent that you can attempt a coup and face zero repercussions, meaning the rule of law is dead.

Garland was biden's biggest failure. A failure so big that it erases all his accomplishments. A failure so big that it may have ended the american experiment.

Every bit of damage that trump does to the country and the world in his second term is merrick garland's fault. I hope he knows that when he tries to sleep at night.

#13 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-03-27 05:31 PM

>Yes he set the precedent that you can attempt a coup and face zero repercussions

Not true. Sidney Powell and Kenny Chesebro had to issue a one-sentence apology that didn't acknowledge who won the election.

#14 | Posted by schifferbrains at 2026-03-27 06:15 PM

Sidney Powell and Kenny Chesebro had to issue a one-sentence apology that didn't acknowledge who won the election.

#14 | Posted by schifferbrains

2 other people that would be in jail if garland did his job, along with every republican who supported the coup effort.

#15 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-03-27 06:18 PM

@#13 ... Garland was biden's biggest failure. ...

Possibly ...

Merrick Garland
en.wikipedia.org

... President Joe Biden nominated Garland as U.S. attorney general in January 2021. He was confirmed by the Senate in a 70"30 vote, and took office in March of that same year.

During his tenure, Garland was criticized for the pace of the prosecution of President Donald Trump.

Some observers, including President Joe Biden, assigned Garland some responsibility for the fact that none of the indictments obtained by special counsel Jack Smith were likely to go to trial before the November 2024 election in which Trump prevailed and won re-election to a second non-consecutive term.[2][3] ...

So, Pres Biden didn't send AG Garland a text message telling him to prosecute fmr Pres Trump for J6?

#16 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-27 06:39 PM

So, Pres Biden didn't send AG Garland a text message telling him to prosecute fmr Pres Trump for J6?

#16 | Posted by LampLighter

No one should have had to tell him to do that. It was part of his oath of office. And biden should have fired him for betraying that oath.

#17 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-03-27 07:27 PM

Weimar Republic 2.0 sat on the explosive Jeffrey Epstein files from 21 Jan 2021 to 19 Jan 2025 while USAG Merrick Garland had SC Jack Smith attempt prosecutions of Dummkopf Trumpf along two narrow vectors: the 6 Jan 2021 insurrection and stealing classified documents.

Where was the "full court press?"

USAG Merrick Garland: "Here Jack, you were assigned to the public integrity unit in Wash DC when Jeffrey Epstein was investigated and away at the Hague when Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted, so you don't know too much about these two notorious sex traffickers who are intimately familiar with Dummkopf Trumpf. Now you have a need-to-know. Here you go."

SC Jack Smith: "Gosh thanks, Merrick, I'll do a full court press on Dummkopf Trumpf. By the way, why don't you release these files on justice.gov after red-acting photos and names so that NYSAG Letitia James can run a parallel investigation into Trumpf? And who knows how many victims and litigants will surface? Trumpf will spend four years fighting off charges and allegations of pedophilia in the court of public opinion and the NYS court system-- as well as me. We'll harpoon the fat bast*rd and finish him off as a political force once and for all."

Instead, for nearly four years in our corrupt judicial system, America and the world witnessed the performance of a grand kabuki theater and now we are all suffering with the results.

This utter abdication of responsibility happened before and history accurately recorded it as a disaster for the world.

#18 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-27 08:11 PM

I'd extend that "coward" tag to the entirety of Democratic "leadership", who are far more concerned with their campaign cash flow than with actually fixing substantial problems. And this has been true since Reagan and SCOTUS decided campaign $$="speech" and Clinton sold out Labor for Wall St.
All the old DLC dinosaurs gotta go.
Nothing gets fixed in this country without Campaign Finance reform.

#19 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-28 01:15 PM

" Garlands delays in prosecuting Trump over a number of issues are inexcusable.

#12 | POSTED BY WHATSLEFT AT 2026-03-27 05:21 PM | FLAG: "

Novel legal theories were trotted out to try and bankrupt, jail and have his name removed from ballots. Completely and totally unprecedented in US history and if any of you think Trump is the only crook to ever occupy the WH then I have a bridge to sell you. .

I swear only a public hanging without a trial would have satisfied you rabid dogs.

#20 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-29 12:55 AM

No, we should probably have a trial first.

#21 | Posted by cbob at 2026-03-29 08:18 AM

I swear only a public hanging without a trial would have satisfied you rabid dogs.

#20 | Posted by BellRinger

Trump's coup attempt was unprecedented. Therefore anything that resulted from it would also be unprecedented. Prosecuting him would be unprecedented but deserved.

There is no crime he could commit that would make you stop supporting the fascist cult side.

#22 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-03-29 03:13 PM

Trump's coup attempt was unprecedented. Therefore anything that resulted from it would also be unprecedented. Prosecuting him would be unprecedented but deserved.
There is no crime he could commit that would make you stop supporting the fascist cult side.

Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-03-29 03:13 PM | Reply

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#23 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-03-29 03:24 PM

public hanging without a trial
#20 | Posted by BellRinger

That's what y'all threatened Mike Pence with on Jan 6.
Our side is in favor of trials.
Trials.
Like the ones immigrants don't get before ICE sends them to the camps.

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-29 03:30 PM

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