Posted on 11/18/2022 10:56:05 AM PST by Red Badger
WASHINGTON—Attorney General Merrick Garland will appoint a special counsel to determine whether former President Donald Trump should face charges stemming from Justice Department probes, according to a person familiar with the matter.
A formal announcement, which is expected by Friday afternoon, would come three days after Mr. Trump announced another bid for the presidency and would mark the naming of the third independent prosecutor in five years to examine issues involving Mr. Trump. The exact scope of the special counsel’s remit and who it would be couldn’t be determined.
The move reflects the sensitivity of Mr. Garland overseeing any investigation into Mr. Trump now that he is a declared presidential candidate. President Biden, who has said he intends to run for re-election in 2024, nominated Mr. Garland to head the Justice Department in part for the former judge’s promise to insulate the agency from political influence.
Some legal experts have anticipated such an appointment. Regulations governing special counsels provide for the attorney general to name an outsider if he determines that the investigation or prosecution presents a conflict of interest for the department and recusals of certain officials wouldn’t be enough to overcome the concerns.
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Liberty or death, pal!
Garland wants to “determine if charges could be filed”
WITH ALL THE FREAKIN’ INVESTIGATIONS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, IF HE HAS TO “DETETMINI....IF....IF”’
This tells me that there are NO VISABLE CHARGES TO BE FILED.
I have a feeling Garland tried to get an indictment from a Grand Jury and was UNSUCCESSFUL...
Heard Garland referred to as an elf by
Kira Ayn Davis guest hosting for Dan Bongino.
I had no idea he was generously listed at 5 ft. 6 (probably while in elevator shoes with pads inside).
At least Danny DeVito can look up to him.
RE: so... because you’re outgunned, just turn the other cheek?
Well said.
While we selflessly give them our cloaks as well as our coats and help them with their overturned donkey cart by the roadside?
Let them go door to door in houses and stores to get all the patriots not in the concentration camps yet. Tough terrain in Middle East and Viet Nam situations.
Absolutely. They could not have done anything greater to make sure that PDJT will be elected 47TH president of the United States.
ALL THAT FREE ADVERTISING
I’m quietly speculating what he might call his NEW PARTY.
He could use Ross Perot’s old “Reform Party” moniker.
It will get the same outcome.
Democrat plurality vote win and electoral landslide win.
Trump announces he’s running and three days later the DOJ appoints a SC.
Fascism. Pure and simple.
I don’t know how granular this is but I believe the (now Republican) house controls the expenditure of money. If the funding for this special prosecutor disappears so would the investigation.
They can defund it two ways directly by taking it out if the budget. Make the Rat choose funding it or a budget standoff or use the Holman Rule.
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