OPINION | Merrick Garland probably didn't need to appoint a special counsel to investigate the discovery of classified documents dating from Biden’s tenure as VP—but it'll frustrate Republican efforts to weaponize Congressional oversight hearings.
Attorney General Merrick Garland probably did not need to appoint a special counsel to investigate the discovery ofdating from President Biden’s tenure as vice president—but his decision will ultimately frustrate Republican efforts to weaponize Congressional oversight hearings.
The facts surrounding Garland’s appointment of Jack Smith to investigate Trump’s classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago and his ties to Jan.
Under the law in effect during Reno’s tenure, the Attorney General was tasked to do a preliminary investigation to determine whether appointment of an Independent Counsel was necessary. These investigations could be extensive. The preliminary investigation conducted into campaign finance laws Vice President Gorerequired an appointment of an Independent Counsel and took thousands of hours.
that the law had been a “tool of partisan attack …and a waste of taxpayer funds” – words Clinton no doubt rued later in his Presidency.that the law had been destroyed by being “plunged into the political process.” But the legion of Independent Counsels during the Clinton era also served as a bulwark against partisan abuse of Congressional oversight, because the investigations shielded the work of prosecutors from Congress.
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