Putting one person in charge of the many Federal criminal cases is a face value to effort to blunt Trump’s expected defense against any charges as being political in nature….
Something he actually embarked upon unsuccesfully against the Ukraine , FBI guys and others….
He’s appointed Jack Smith a former NY Federal Prosecutor …
One should understand that the final judgement on charges is STILL up to Garland…..
There ARE a LOT a criminal investigations churning thru the Dept. of Justice…
Those probes have been ongoing….
One would think that Garlansd would want any indictements to drop sooner rather than later. closer to the 2024 primaries….
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland will announce on Friday that he is appointing a special counsel to take over two major criminal investigations involving former President Donald J. Trump, including his role in events leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and his handling of sensitive government documents.
The announcement, which a senior law enforcement official said Mr. Garland would make Friday afternoon, came after Mr. Trump said on Tuesday that he planned to run for president again, a decision some have claimed was taken to make it more difficult for prosecutors to pursue criminal cases against him.
The appointment of a special counsel was a way for the Justice Department to insulate its investigations against Mr. Trump from political considerations. While special counsels can be fired from their positions, the process is much more arduous than removing ordinary prosecutors from a case.
Special counsels are semi-independent prosecutors who by Justice Department regulations can be appointed for high-level investigations when there can be a conflict of interest, or the appearance of it. They exercise greater day-to-day autonomy than regular United States attorneys, but are ultimately still subject to the control of the attorney general….
Note….
This will NOT be about Jan.6 cases…
image Garland…NY Times
image Jack Smith…Fox 17
Trump Says He ‘Won’t Partake’ in Special Counsel Probe
Donald Trump blasted the Justice Department’s appointment of a special counsel to take over investigations related to presidential records and Jan. 6, telling Fox News he “won’t partake in it” and calling it “the worst politicization of justice in our country.”
Said Trump: “I have been going through this for six years — for six years I have been going through this, and I am not going to go through it anymore. And I hope the Republicans have the courage to fight this.”
He added: “It is not acceptable. It is so unfair. It is so political.”
And more: “Hunter Biden is a criminal many times over and nothing happens to him. Joe Biden is a criminal many times over — and nothing happens to them.”
Hey Donald?
If ya get indicted?
U’ll show up.
Andrew Weissmann 🌻
@AWeissmann_
Jack Smith, the new Special Counsel, is a very aggressive prosecutor who represents the best of the Department, who will bring cases if warranted be fact sand the law.