Attorney General Merrick Garland has expressed his opinion that former President and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s federal trials should move as quickly as possible.
Garland made the comments in a recent CNN interview taped Thursday.
He noted that he agreed with special counsel Jack Smith that the “public interest requires a speedy trial in the election interference case.”
“The matter is now in the hands of the trial judge to determine when a trial will take place,” Garland said.
“The cases were brought last year,” he said. “The prosecutor has urged speedy trials, with which I agree. And it’s now in the hands of the judicial system, not in our hands. Special prosecutors followed the facts and the law. They brought cases when they thought they were ready.”
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Biden AG Merrick Garland denies President Trump is being targeted for political purposes, says "public interest requires a speedy trial" pic.twitter.com/fXfBGHrAql
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Biden AG Merrick Garland denies political bias within the Department of Justice: "We have kept politics out of this" pic.twitter.com/9KUZz8cJpL
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CNN: "Is there a date in your mind where it might be too late to bring these trials to fruition — again, to stay out of the way of the elections?"
Biden AG Merrick Garland: Nope, it's "not in our hands" pic.twitter.com/mbqc74zvGi
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