Is Trump in his sights? Garland under pressure to charge ex-president
by Peter Stone in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5Y11W)
Trump's legal jeopardy about the January 6 insurrection is growing but experts say attorney general must move carefully
The attorney general, Merrick Garland, is facing more political pressure to move faster and expand the US Department of Justice's investigation into the January 6 Capitol attack and charge Donald Trump and some of his former top aides.
With mounting evidence from the January 6 House panel, court rulings and news reports that Trump engaged in a criminal conspiracy in his aggressive drive to thwart Joe Biden's election win in 2020, Garland and his staff face an almost unique decision: whether to charge a former US president.
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