Merrick Garland, every mention
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Trump's market impact: Bitcoin, M&A, IPOs + transition picks; Polymarket CEO raided by FBI
- ▶ 52:00 David Sacks A bunch of unproven smears and accusations have been made against him, and my own view on that is that if there was really something there, I think Merrick Garland's DOJ would have acted on it two or three years ago.
In conversation with Reid Hoffman & Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- ▶ 1:15:11 David Sacks In the wake of January six, Merrick Garland's Justice Department did an analysis of whether Trump could be prosecuted for incitement, whether he incited that mob, and the legal memo came back, and they said, no, we don't have a case here. 2 times in the scene
Trump verdict, COVID Cover-up, Crypto Corner, Salesforce drops 20%, AI correction?
- ▶ 1:21:24 David Sacks Well, first of all, in terms of understanding this case, I think it's important to understand that both Merrick Garland's DOJ and former Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, they looked at this case, they looked at these charges, and they passed on…
E158: Global trade disrupted, Adobe/Figma canceled, realtors sued, Trump blocked
- ▶ 1:40:43 David Sacks And the reason is because when Merrick Garland first came in, they actually did an analysis of January six and there was a memo written and it said that if we, the DOJ try to prosecute Trump for either incitement or for insurrection, we… 3 times in the scene
In conversation with Chris Christie
- ▶ 1:28:22 David Sacks And the point I'll come back to is that Merrick Garland did this analysis when he first came in on whether Trump was guilty of incitement on January six. 3 times in the scene
E142: "Rich Men North of Richmond" hits #1, upward mobility, real estate capital crunch, Trump RICO
- ▶ 1:17:59 David Sacks You didn't know that Biden appointed Merrick Garland.
E140: LK-99, Sclerotic establishments, Fitch downgrades US debt, Trump indicted... again
- ▶ 1:19:58 David Sacks Merrick Garland's DOJ looked at that and they did a report and found that they could not win that case. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:27:49 David Sacks No, there's an article in which Biden said that when Merrick Garland refused the incitement charges, that he thought that it was weak, and that Biden thought that Trump deserved to be prosecuted, and that was a public article. 3 times in the scene
E111: Microsoft to invest $10B in OpenAI, generative AI hype, America's over-classification problem
- ▶ 1:11:39 David Sacks Well, that in one case, Merrick Garland is appointed an independent counsel to investigate Trump, and there's no such a special counsel or investigator appointed to investigate Biden. 2 times in the scene
E110: 2023 Bestie Predictions!
- ▶ 12:52 Jason Calacanis I think he is going to be indicted by Garland. 2 times in the scene
E92: Adam Neumann's second act, a16z's $350M bet, housing policy, Inflation Reduction Act & more
- ▶ 1:33:18 David Sacks Christopher Wray, the head of the FBI, and Merrick Garland, the head of the DOJ, thought that this wouldn't create the appearance of a conflict of interest or impropriety.
E91: SoftBank's $21B+ Vision Fund loss, signals of a bubble, macro picture, Trump raided by FBI
- ▶ 1:03:10 Chamath Palihapitiya If Merrick Garland was open to basically saying unseal the warrant, why didn't you do it before and say, we're going to have to serve this guy unless he actually gives us these things.