The decision to indict Trump or his associates ultimately rests with Attorney General Merrick Garland. Photo: The Latin Press
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is debating whether Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy would create the need for a special prosecutor to oversee two ongoing federal investigations into the former president, according to a report.
According to information from CNN, the government agency is employing its investigations with experienced officials to be ready for any decision after the November 8 midterm elections, including the unprecedented move to impeach a former head of state.
With the election a few days away, the Justice Department is observing the traditional lull of not making any public moves, however, behind the scenes, investigators remain busy, the outlet reported.
In this regard, he noted, the administration is conducting “aggressive grand jury subpoenas and secret court battles to compel witnesses to testify both in the investigation of Trump’s efforts to nullify the 2020 election and in his alleged mishandling of documents from Palace a Lago.”
CNN has warned that there could now be a flurry of post-election activity in investigations into the Republican, including the possible indictment of the businessman’s associates, moves that could be complicated if Trump announces his candidacy for president.
“They can bring charges against almost anyone if they want,” said a lawyer working on cases related to the events of January 6, 2021, when a mob of supporters of the former president stormed the Capitol after a rally at which the New Yorker insisted, “They can bring charges against almost anyone if they want” on his theory of election fraud, ruled out by all evidence. .
The former president also faces legal exposure in Georgia, where Fulton County Attorney General Fannie Willis is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 state election.
The channel said the decision to impeach Trump or his associates will ultimately rest with Attorney General Merrick Garland, who was chosen by President Joe Biden for the job because his track record as a judge has provided him with a distance from partisan politics.
As the network noted, impeaching an active White House candidate would certainly lead to a political firestorm, but preventing him from being impeached if there was evidence of wrongdoing would send a harmful signal to future rulers of his strongman instincts.
In the view of conservative strategists, impeaching Trump during the Biden administration would further polarize the nation and bolster support for the former president in the Republican Party base, as it would frame the indictment from the Justice Department as a political manhunt.
In addition to the aftermath of the January 6 riots and the withholding of national security documents, the billionaire is being investigated for alleged tax violations, but whenever he can, he flirts with the idea of repeating himself in the Oval Office, yet uncertain if he will eventually compete.
(with information from Prensa Latina)
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