Donald Trump has promised that if he wins back the presidency he will appoint a special prosecutor to “go after” President Joe Biden and his family. But he’s not the only Republican running for president who appears to be abandoning a long-established norm in Washington — presidents keeping their hands out of specific Justice Department investigations and prosecutions. Trump, who leads the GOP field by around 30 percentage points in public national polls, wields such powerful influence that only
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The Manhattan district attorney has considerable leeway in deciding whether to bring charges against the former president using what could be an untested legal theory.
Republicans plan to create a special subcommittee, led by a Trump ally, with a mandate to scrutinize open criminal investigations and classified intelligence.