Published January 19, 2024
US Attorney General Merrick Garland made a stunning admission about Special Counsel Jack Smith’s cases against Trump during an interview with CNN.
Recall that Garland appointed Jack Smith as special counsel as a hired gun to jail Trump shortly after the former president announced his 2024 White House run in November 2022.
Garland admitted to election interference when he told CNN that he agrees there should be a ‘speedy trial’ as Trump seeks to delay the two trials set to begin on March 4 and May 24.
“Garland said he agrees with special counsel Jack Smith’s assertion that the “public interest requires a speedy trial” in the 2020 election currently set for trial in March in Washington, DC.” CNN reported.
“The matter is now in the hands of the trial judge to determine when a trial will take place,” Merrick Garland said during the CNN interview taped Thursday.
“Garland also defended the department against allegations of election interference when asked whether he thought the federal cases against Trump should have been brought sooner – in order to avoid the prosecution of a leading candidate unfolding months before a presidential election.” the outlet said.
“The cases were brought last year. The prosecutor has urged speedy trials, with which I agree. And it’s is now in the hands of the judicial system, not in our hands,” Garland said. “Special prosecutors followed the facts and the law. They brought cases when they thought they were ready.”
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Garland said. “Special prosecutors followed the facts and the law. They brought cases when they thought they were ready.”
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CNN: “Is there a date in your mind where it might be too late to bring these trials to fruition — again, to stay out of the way of the elections?”
Biden AG Merrick Garland: Nope, it’s “not in our hands” pic.twitter.com/mbqc74zvGi
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 19, 2024
AG Garland tells CNN he agrees with special counsel Jack Smith’s call for speedy trials in Trump cases. Speedy trials are also called for by federal law. Answer seems to open Garland up to be asked whether he endorses all Smith actions/positions https://t.co/hjkcdgwHox
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) January 19, 2024
President Trump is seeking to delay Jack Smith’s trials until after the 2024 presidential election.
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Published January 19, 2024
Attorney General Merrick Garland said he agrees with special counsel Jack Smith’s assertion that the judicial system should provide “speedy trials” for former President Donald Trump — who appears to be attempting to delay them as long as possible.
“The special prosecutor has said from the beginning that he thinks public interest requires a speedy trial, which I agree with,” Garland said in an interview with CNN released Friday.
Trump’s election interference case is currently scheduled to go to trial in March, followed in May by his classified documents case, but both dates are uncertain. Smith said in a court filing that Trump is filing motions with the goal of delaying his trials “at any cost.”
Trump’s legal maneuvering also stands to push his trials uncomfortably close to Election Day, when Trump is widely expected to face off against President Joe Biden. The Justice Department has a policy of avoiding elections as a time for prosecuting elected officials to avoid appearing politically biased.
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RELATED: Trump seeks to hold special counsel in contempt for violating pause in election case
U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith departs following a statement to reporters after a grand jury returned an indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump in the special counsel’s investigation of efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, at Smith’s offices in Washington, U.S., August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Acquire Licensing Rights
Published January 6, 2024
WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s lawyers on Thursday asked a judge to hold U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith in contempt of court, accusing his office of violating an order pausing activity in its prosecution of the former president for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
Trump’s legal team said Smith and prosecutors working on the case have disregarded an order from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan by continuing to turn over evidence to the defense and filing a legal motion, according to a court filing.
Chutkan last month halted any activity that would move the case toward trial or impose the “burdens of litigation” on Trump while he appeals a previous ruling that he does not have immunity from the charges.
Trump’s lawyers accused prosecutors of making “partisan” allegations in a court filing knowing that Trump’s team would not respond while the case is paused. The filing, published last month, seeks to prevent Trump, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, from arguing during the trial that the case is politically motivated.
A spokesperson for Smith declined to comment. Prosecutors have said in court papers that they have continued to follow previously set deadlines to “help ensure that trial proceeds promptly” if Trump’s appeal is rejected.
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SOURCE: www.reuters.com
