Attorney General Merrick Garland has named a special counsel to oversee the criminal investigation into the retention of national defense information at former President Donald Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago and aspects of the Jan. 6 investigation.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has named a special counsel to oversee the entirety of the Justice Department's criminal investigation into the retention of national defense information at former President Donald Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago and key aspects of the Jan. 6 investigation, according to a senior Justice Department official.
Garland announced at a news conference Friday that John"Jack" Smith will be the special counsel tasked with investigating and deciding whether charges should be brought. He called Smith an"impartial and determined prosecutor." Smith is currently the chief prosecutor for the special counsel in the Hague.
The attorney general said that"based on recent developments, including the former president's announcement that he's a candidate for president in the next election," as well as President Joe Biden's stated intention to run for reelection,"I have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint a special counsel."
The Wall Street Journal first reported the appointment of a special counsel, who would be charged with determining whether Trump should be charged in either probe.he's running for president a third time. Former presidents are not automatically protected from federal prosecution.
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