Merrick Garland’s Legacy

Here, former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori discusses the complications associated with Attorney General Merrick Garland’s moving forward to prosecute Donald Trump for his role in the January 6th insurrection. In summary:

If, as appears likely, the Democrats lose both houses of Congress in the midterms, the current investigation will be immediately cut off at the knees by Republicans.

If Trump announces his candidacy for president in 2024, this will put a political face on any investigation.

The problem is huge, in that failure to prosecute Trump will invite any future president to do much the same thing as we have here.  Perhaps it won’t have the violence, but recall what Trump tried to do in his call to Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger, pressuring him to commit treason on the then-president’s behalf.  This type of election tampering could become the way of the future, effectively nullifying rule of law and American democracy.

Saying that this issue will define Merrick Garland’s legacy is 100% certain.