Coop Scoop: Special Counsel - Special Treatment.

Nobody is above the law. Except you now who.

Nov. 18-19, 2022

By Marc Cooper

I don’t know about you, but I have sorta had it with that fastidious former federal judge now turned  Biden Attorney General.  Merrick Garland seems definitively more interested in appearing fair and neutral to Republicans who frankly wish him harm than he wants to bring the high level criminals and coup plotters directly attached to the Trump Crime Family to justice.

How many times now have we heard him give the same speech about how nobody is above the law, that politics should be kept out of prosecutorial  decisions and that he intends to see all guilty prosecuted to the full extent of the law no matter where it leads?

Just after Trump locked his supporters in a ballroom so he could declare his 2024 candidacy a full two years before the election, Garland once again assured reporters that nobody gets special treatment from the DOJ and he clearly implied that Trump being a candidate would have no bearing on a possible indictment.

Yet, here  we are merely three days after that statement with Garland making an additiional surprise pronunciation Friday afternoon, that he was turning over all Trump related investigations to a Special Counsel who would have charging capacity.

Here’s how Garland justified his move:

“The Department of Justice has long recognized that in certain extraordinary cases it is in the public interest to appoint a special prosecutor to independently manage an investigation and prosecution,” Garland said.

“Based on recent developments, including the former president’s announcement that he is a candidate for president in the next election and the sitting president’s stated intention to be a candidate as well, I have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint a special counsel,” Garland said.

Huh? This seems a direct contradiction of every indication till now given by Garland that it did not matter what delaying tactics Trump might use, he would be given NO special consideration whatsoever.

Well, there was that issue of the Special Master on the Mar-a-Lago documents case.  That’s pretty special.  And Garland himself says he’s going with the Special Counsel  based it seems wholly on “the former president’s announcement that he is a candidate for president.”  Yeah. Special treatment because Trump is running. Exactly what Trump intended with his ridiculous announcement last Tuesday. Whatsa matter with Garland?

Now, this Special Counsel, Jack Smith, seems like a very serious guy and I would not be sleeping well if he somehow was on my case.  And I do not think that Garland is necessarily trying to boot the case and let Trump off as it would seem rather excessive to go through the whole procedure of starting Smith up if Garland intended to not indict,

However, we do note for the record that for whatever reason that might not seems apparent today, Garland will have the Special Counsel as a buffer and an excuse if no indictment Is brought.

Neal Katyal, the former acting Solicitor General of the U.S, authored the special counsel act and is quite upset over its use in this case.  Appearing on several cable news shows Friday he said the Special Counsel should be used only when someone related or connected to a sitting president is under investigation – the special counsel would prevent a conflict of interest.

Indeed, by the standard set today by Garland, any investigation of Hunter Biden would then require a Special Counsel.

As soon as Garland made the appointment of the Special Counsel public Friday afternoon, he was immediately attacked by a bevy of elected Republicans who accused him of “weaponizing the Justice Department.”  They did not seem to care a lick that Garland was being so fastidious. Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted he should be impeached. ++