‘Disgraceful’: Trump furious that war crimes expert will head probes

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Washington: US Attorney-General Merrick Garland has named Jack Smith, a war crimes prosecutor, to serve as special counsel to oversee Justice Department investigations related to Donald Trump including the former president’s handling of sensitive documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Garland’s announcement came three days after Trump, a Republican, announced he would run for president again in 2024. Garland said Trump’s candidacy, as well as Democratic President Joe Biden’s stated intention to run for re-election, made the appointment of a special counsel necessary.

Special counsels are sometimes appointed to investigate politically sensitive cases and they do their jobs with a degree of independence from the department’s leadership.

“The pace of the investigations will not pause or flag under my watch,” Smith said in a statement. “I will exercise independent judgment and will move the investigations forward expeditiously and thoroughly to whatever outcome the facts and the law dictate.”

pit-of-despair on November 20th, 2022 at 01:12 UTC »

He looks mean. I like it.

gfh110 on November 20th, 2022 at 00:36 UTC »

Trump, in a statement to Fox News, said he “won’t partake” in the special counsel’s investigations.

Gonna try this if I'm ever the subject of a criminal investigation. Ingenious!

ArchdukeAlex8 on November 20th, 2022 at 00:33 UTC »

Why is Trump furious, did he commit war crimes? 😁