The attorney general has named a special counsel to head the continuing investigation of Donald Trump and his activities before and after the presidential election of 2020.
This is largely a way around any claim that the Biden administration is trying to stop Trump's re-election ambitions, as well as a move to shift the probe to an independent investigator who is not part of the current government's Justice Department.
This way, the probe becomes separate from any effort to claim it is part of an election year plot to interfere with Trump's political campaign. The new investigator was named just days after Trump announced he will again seek the White House in the next election year, 2024.
Some have noted that announcing his candidacy is a way of blocking any investigation, on the theory that presidents, former presidents and candidates for the presidency are immune from investigations.
But by forming an independent investigation unit, this moves to block such a claim.
Not that the claim had any legitimacy, but observer Pug Mahoney called it a CYA move.
This is largely a way around any claim that the Biden administration is trying to stop Trump's re-election ambitions, as well as a move to shift the probe to an independent investigator who is not part of the current government's Justice Department.
This way, the probe becomes separate from any effort to claim it is part of an election year plot to interfere with Trump's political campaign. The new investigator was named just days after Trump announced he will again seek the White House in the next election year, 2024.
Some have noted that announcing his candidacy is a way of blocking any investigation, on the theory that presidents, former presidents and candidates for the presidency are immune from investigations.
But by forming an independent investigation unit, this moves to block such a claim.
Not that the claim had any legitimacy, but observer Pug Mahoney called it a CYA move.
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