Attorney General Garland makes surprise visit to Ukraine

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Source: NBC News

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland made an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Friday, a Department of Justice official said.

Garland visited the city of Lviv, the largest city in the western part of the country, at the invitation of Ukraine's prosecutor general to join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and international partners at the “United for Justice Conference," the DOJ official said.

The attorney general held several meetings and "reaffirmed our determination to hold Russia accountable for crimes committed in its unjust and unprovoked invasion against its sovereign neighbor," the official added.

The trip was not previously announced for security reasons and it's unclear how Garland entered and exited Ukraine and how long he was there. Garland also made a surprise visit to the country in June 2022, just a few months after the war began.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/attorney-general-garland-makes-surprise-visit-ukraine-rcna73339?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

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[yaesu]

2. Actually surprised and impressed. Good for him for his show of support. nt

[RussBLib]

3. I'm left with one question

Why does Garland need to go to Ukraine? Is something else happening under the radar?

Ok, 2 questions.

[PlutosHeart]

4. My guess is yes.

[ananda]

5. A shot across the bow to all authoritarians.

...

[Rebl2]

10. Have same

question.

[markodochartaigh]

31. His grandparents came from The Pale of Settlement,

perhaps from what is now Ukrainian land. There is a long history of high-level US officials whose ancestors came from an area to put in an appearance when there are major problems in that area. That might be reason enough.

[RussBLib]

32. Did not know that

Thank you. So many present-day Americans with Ukrainian roots. The US really is a melting pot, and I'm sure the white supremacists/Nazis and Fascists here hate it. Tough shit.

[in2herbs]

6. That's all well and good but he has yet to hold the criminal acts of congressional reps

in the J6 matter accountable.

[Beastly Boy]

7. As soon as I saw Garland's name in the header of the OP,

I fully expected to see at least one "but what about" post in response. It didn't matter what the OP was about.

And I wasn't disappointed. I am sure there will be more.

[DarthDem]

11. Bingo!

Two more below you.

[Earth-shine]

13. Three! Including mine.

[japple]

12. Yep. Some folks around here need to be collecting recipes for how to serve

crow. My best guess is to serve it like doves or quail, except that crows are much larger and probably a lot tougher.

[ancianita]

15. I serve it raw. Sushi style.

[Cha]

18. Exactly! I knew it!

For me.. I am Grateful Ag Garland went to Ukraine!

[SledDriver]

8. Not like he's doing anything here

Might as well take some time off from not holding anyone accountable over here to meander around over there mumbling "no one is above the law". I just hope he didn't get in the way. Ukraine is a little busy at the moment.

[ancianita]

16. Not so fast, dude.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/readout-attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-s-trip-ukraine

Read it. And while you're at it, read the rest of the DOJ news page, maybe daily -- justice.gov -- and see how damn much he does do.

[Cha]

19. It's not like you or anyone else knows

Everything AG Garland is doing.

ETA to add "Everything".

[News Junkie]

9. How about a surprise indictment, Merrick?

Your work is here.

[Beastly Boy]

22. How about over 1000 of them, Bill?

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases

Did you know Garland can walk and chew gum at the same time?

[Earth-shine]

14. The Russians are snickering at Garland just like Trump does.

[Cha]

20. I don't give a Shit what the Russians

and dt are doing.

ETA~ As far as their "snickering" goes.

[Beastly Boy]

24. Make it two shits, Cha

Yours and mine.

[Cha]

26. Amen & Hallelujah!

[Beastly Boy]

21. That's a very mature reacton to an attorney general attenfing an international conferente

in a war zone to address war crimes, no?

[Cha]

23. Thank You.. Thank Goodness AG

Garland went to the Conference to address War Crimes in Ukraine!

[Earth-shine]

25. Your writing style, grammar, and spelling leave much to be desired.

I reject your judgment of me.

[Beastly Boy]

27. I am devastated.

And I reject your rejection. That makes us even, no?

[Earth-shine]

28. No, you seem very far behind.

This is where I get off.

You will be on my ignore list in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Click.

[Beastly Boy]

29. Thank you so much!

It has been my lifelong ambition to get on your ignore list!

[Cha]

17. TY LMPV & AG Garland!

[iemanja]

30. Is he going to convince the US government to become a signatory to the International Criminal Court?

If not, the US has no part in the jurisdiction over war crimes outside its own borders.

[summer_in_TX]

33. Since Russia is also not signatory

to the International Criminal Court, the probable outcome will be the establishment of a special tribunal like at Nuremberg. At least, that's part of the current discussion.

[iemanja]

35. Ah right

Good point.