{"id":51998,"date":"2022-06-20T15:21:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T15:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=51998"},"modified":"2022-06-20T15:21:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T15:21:01","slug":"dont-swing-and-miss-mr-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=51998","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t swing and miss, Mr. AG!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chrischristie_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12403\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chrischristie_0-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chrischristie_0-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chrischristie_0.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Christie, the former Republican governor of New Jersey and ex-federal prosecutor, has issued a stern warning to the 1\/6 House select committee.<\/p>\n<p>It is that if it recommends criminal charges should be filed against Donald J. Trump for his role in inciting the insurrection on 1\/6, it had better have it buttoned up and secure for a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>The committee &#8212; or Attorney General Merrick Garland &#8212; cannot afford to &#8220;swing and miss&#8221; on this matter if an indictment is to be issued.<\/p>\n<p>Christie, a one-time Donald Trump GOP presidential primary opponent who then became an ally of the POTUS, possesses strong opinions and is able to articulate them sharply and cogently.<\/p>\n<p>He does not believe that Merrick Garland ultimately is going to seek a criminal indictment against Trump. Why? It carries too much risk of a failed prosecution, Christie said this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>I agree with Chrisie on one point: The House panel and the attorney general cannot afford to get this one wrong. I will disagree, if only nominally, with whether Garland is going to wimp out on seeking an indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Merrick Garland, to my eyes, appears to be a careful lawyer. He is studious and fair, or so his friends have said about him. He also is meticulous and careful to dot every &#8220;i&#8221; and cross every &#8220;t&#8221; before proceeding.<\/p>\n<p>That makes me believe an indictment, if it comes, will be ironclad.<\/p>\n<p>That is my hope &#8230; and I&#8217;m sticking with it to the finish line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\">johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Christie, the former Republican governor of New Jersey and ex-federal prosecutor, has issued a stern warning to the 1\/6 House select committee. It is that if it recommends criminal charges should be filed against Donald J. Trump for his role in inciting the insurrection on 1\/6, it had better have it buttoned up and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=51998\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don&#8217;t swing and miss, Mr. AG!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1414,2280,6063],"class_list":["post-51998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","tag-doj","tag-insurrection","tag-merrick-garland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51999,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51998\/revisions\/51999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}