The first debate in just two weeks. Then the calendar thereafter littered with debates and caucuses, primaries and convention. Does that mean that trump should not be tried before the election . No. The cases should proceed as they would were the candidate not a president ial candidate. They should not be postponed because of the election, in which he has chosen to run. But nor should they be expedited. I have noted here before that theres a long and Noble Tra Jigs at doj of not wanting to act in a way that might be perceived as political. Five recent attorneys general, republicans ask democrats, have all signed the same memo affirm lg the importance of keeping politics out of criminal charges. A republican in 2008, eric holder in 2012 and Loretta Lynch in 2016, bill barr in 2020 and mek garland just last year, they have all used the same language, include ing this paragr quote, simply put, politics must play no role in the decisions the federal investigators or prosecutors regarding a
trump before indicting him for january 6th. the new york case brought by the manhattan da that s set for next march. the mar-a-lago case ending in federal court in florida is set for may. and next week many expect the fulton county da to issue a fourth indictment against trump. in his filing to the special counsel s office, their presentation of evidence would take, quote, no longer than four to six weeks. and in the filing, prosecutors said the rapid pace was needed n the gravity and historic nauch of the charges. quote, it s difficult to immcn e a public interest stronger than the one in this case in which the former president of the united states is charged with three criminal conspiracies intended to undermine the federal government. trial in this case is clearly a matter of public importance, which merits in favor of prompt
friday attorney general merrick garland announced he was giving speshlg counsel status to the attorney investigating hunter biden saying it was in the public interest due to the, quote, extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter. the prosecutor had asked garland for the new authority after plea talks to are solve tax and gun charges fell apart with the trial now more likely. his decision gives more powers than a typical attorney and gives further independence from the doj. it puts america in uncharted territory with three doj special counsels currently investigating the sitting president, his son, and the previous president. a do j official told cnn that the white house and hunter biden s legal team were not
break down the ties of mutual understanding and solidarity, which a functioning democracy has. thank you so much for being here. i appreciate it. the book is great. i want to remind everybody. answer the poll question at smerconish.com. should the timing of any trump trial be influenced by the date of the election? when you re there, register for the daily newsletter. did you notice anything odd about the latest mike pence ad? i ll break down an kpausive list of campaign stunts gone wrong.
opened another case. so she s not going to be moved by certain claims that, oh, i don t have time to prepare for this or prepare for that. she has a keen sense of what a sophisticated litigation entails. she was at a8t major law firm a did all sorts of criminal litigations. she s going to know what it takes to be prepared in a timely manner in this case. she s no nonsense. you re not going to be able to pull the wool over her eyes. and most importantly, she s going to be fair. she realizes that the government has the burden of proof to prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt. she s going to make sure that donald trump gets a fair trial. professor, here s a social media reaction. hang out, i ll read it aloud. what do we have? it s funny, but up until now the