(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . AG Garland to Appoint Special Counsel [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2022-11-18 Breaking just now. I’ll add more shortly. x BREAKING: Merrick Garland will appoint a special counsel to determine whether criminal charges should be filed against Donald Trump https://t.co/2sQEWszAXM — Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) November 18, 2022 ON EDIT — Garland LIVE at 2:15 EST: www.justice.gov/… Interesting (Glenn is too excited to check his typing :-) x Intersting development now that we know a special counsel will be appointed. https://t.co/UUpBu0Tj3N — Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) November 18, 2022 No need to appoint a special prosecutor unless there are indictments forthcoming, I suspect. I’m sure a lot of people will have all kinds of opinions before we know what is going on. I like this take: x If the reports that AG Garland is appointing a Special Counsel to investigate Trump are correct, I'll discuss this with @NicolleDWallace sharp at 5PM ET on @msnbc. As a young DOJ staffer, I drafted the Special Counsel regulations. I will wait to see what the AG says b4 comment — Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) November 18, 2022 What this will do is consolidate some disparate investigations and grand jury results under one prosecutor focused on prosecuting the Big Loser. People already working the cases will presumably be working their cases still, they’ll just have a new director for their inquiries. x The key here, once Garland decides to appoint a special counsel, will be picking someone who will be able to hit the ground running and move the investigation forward without delay. https://t.co/6ubZrabb72 — Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) November 18, 2022 x There are also reports that multiple grand juries have been empaneled today too. Remember two things: filings are often under seal, especially when there are concerns relating to national security, AND ... we don't know what we don't know. As it should be. — Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) November 18, 2022 Remember “we don't know what we don't know” but you can read the comments of those who know it all already below, no doubt. Why wait a few minutes until we actually know something? x WATCH Today at 2:15 p.m. ET: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to Make a Statement https://t.co/VOabbFletm — Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) November 18, 2022 2:30 EST edit: x THIS IS GOOD! Merrick Garland has appointed war crimes prosecutor Jack Smith as the special counsel to handle the Trump investigation. Trump is f*cked! — Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) November 18, 2022 Jack Smith is a "veteran career prosecutor" from the Manhattan DA's office and the EDNY who also supervised war crimes investigation for the ICC. x AG Merrick Garland appoints special counsel, Jack Smith, to determine whether Trump should be charged in multiple investigations pic.twitter.com/gOnzfIpBrq — ⚡️Daniel (@TheDancuso) November 18, 2022 x Garland promises that the appointment to oversee Trump probes on Jan. 6 and Mar-a-Lago documents "will not slow" the investigations — Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 18, 2022 [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/11/18/2137112/-AG-Garland-to-Appoint-Special-Counsel Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/