BREAKING: Attorney General Merrick Garland will reportedly appoint a special counsel to make the decision on whether former President Donald Trump should be charged related to the Justice Department’s criminal investigations into him.
Garland “will appoint a special counsel to determine” whether the Biden DOJ should charge Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The outlet said that “the exact scope of the special counsel’s remit and who it would be couldn’t be determined.”
The specter of criminal charges against Trump has reemerged following the former president declaring a new presidential bid Tuesday night, as the DOJ is investigating Trump related to the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, and separately conducted an unprecedented FBI raid of Trump’s Florida resort home of Mar-a-Lago in August.
Earlier this month, CNN reported that Justice Department officials had discussed the possibility that a special counsel would be needed to handle the Trump-related investigations, and multiple other outlets have confirmed the internal conversations.
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