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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Is that your way of broadcasting you’re not a threat to tyranny?
Both suggestions, 1776 and doing nothing will get you beat. Think outside the box and study history. I pray that we never get to this point ever.
If Trump hadn’t ran they would have dropped this idiocy. Garland will never be impeached, nobody in the BiteMe administration will be impeached, the prancing fairies that infest the GOP do not have the belly for a street fight that impeachment requires.
At best the House inquiries might cause the Democrats to invoke the 25th Amendment which they want to do already provided that the half-wit VP is not kicked upstairs.
Smith.
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Special councils have all proven themselves to be nothing more than another corrupt arm of the justice department. They come in with a political purpose and they are just as controlled as anything else. It has been proven that the entire Russia scam was created and orchestrated by the justice department. And yet they got off Scott free. Huber....LOL Garland controls it all.
Where is a special prosecutor for Biden family?
Fascism.
100% Grade A Certified Fascism.
Or:
IANK
Jack Smith...................
That’s exactly right—under the cover of a “Non-partisan Special Counsel”. Not Merrick himself, that would be a bad optical.
“....the prancing fairies that infest the GOP do not have the belly for a street fight that impeachment requires.”
They are now and always have been,on the same side—they are happy about this.
It’s not. Its made up cr*p that the masses suck down.
Astute observation. Weasels, all of them.
THIS! Milquetoast McConnel wouldn't dare derail this bullshit!
Gotta get it all done before the new Congress is sworn in Jan m20
so... because you’re outgunned, just turn the other cheek?
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another friken TWO YEAR MEULLER TYPE INVESTIGATION!?!????
HASN’T THE MAN SUFFERED ENOUGH???????
I’m at the point...
He's trying to financially ruin people now, since he can't criminally prosecute anyone. He'll keep investigating until the people he investigates go broke defending themselves.
-PJ
I don’t even know what to think This country is hanging by a thread and that thread is made up of a few house republicans. The deep state is mocking us and with the media being the arm of them…this won’t end well for our beloved country. Oh and this is the end of Trump’s political road, unless there’s a civil war.
Pray
This DOJ is partisan crap.
“Special Counsel = Drag it out as long as possible while spouting the line in congressional hearings “we do not comment on current investigations”.
Yup. Maybe they’ll bring back Weissman and his band of devil spawn to run it. Subpoena his toilet paper.
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