Garland v. Cannon: Attorney General Accuses Judge of a ‘Basic Mistake’ in Dismissal of Trump Case

Speaking to a national television audience, the attorney general references his gilded career and legal tomes and seems to want to pull rank on the Florida jurist.

AP/Susan Walsh
Attorney General Garland at the Department of Justice, August 11, 2022. AP/Susan Walsh

Attorney General Garland’s combative defense, on national television, of his hiring of Special Counsel Jack Smith signals that the Department of Justice is set to go full tilt to convict President Trump for his alleged crimes at Mar-a-Lago. 

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