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Attorney General Merrick Garland no doubt saw this moment coming a while ago, yet he waited until today to announce that he is appointing a special counsel to examine two key aspects of the criminality demonstrated by Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n

The special counsel is a young man named Jack Smith, a career prosecutor and someone known to be a no-nonsense battler for the truth.<\/p>\n

What did the AG see happening? It was the prospect that Trump would declare his candidacy for president in 2024. He likely figured the twice-impeached, disgraced and utterly unfit Trump would make another go at the office of POTUS.<\/p>\n

OK, I am going to endorse Merrick Garland’s decision to step away formally from the probes into the 1\/6 insurrection and the Mar-a-Lago document theft.<\/p>\n

Look at it this way. Garland and the Department of Justice have done a lot of the spade work already. They have uncovered mountains of evidence that Trump incited the attack on the Capitol on 1\/6 and — more specifically — that he has obstructed justice in the recovery of documents Trump took with him to his estate when he left the White House … hopefully for the final time, ever!<\/em><\/p>\n

I know what some of you might be thinking. We’ve been down this “special counsel road” already.<\/em> Robert Mueller took the job to probe whether there was collusion between Trump and them Russians. He didn’t indict anyone.<\/p>\n

But wait. That was then. The here and now has revealed another set of evidence on another set of crimes. The new special counsel has before him a mountain of evidence through which he can pore.<\/p>\n

Do I want any more delay in this search for accountability? Of course not! Nor do I necessarily believe there will be a delay. AG Garland has promised that the counsel will move expeditiously. Let’s hope he hits the ground at a full gallop.<\/p>\n

The bottom line, though, is that Merrick Garland envisioned a potential conflict of interest were he to remain in charge of these two probes. It remains a possibility — although I consider it a remote one — that Trump might end up running for president against the man who selected Garland to lead DOJ.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, I believe Garland’s decision was the correct one.<\/p>\n

Now, it becomes imperative for the special counsel to get busy … as in right now!<\/em><\/p>\n

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