Merrick Garland Breaks His Silence On Trump Prosecution - Demands 'Speedy Trial'

Hey ladies and gentlemen this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America and Attorney General Merrick

Garland is finally putting away the facade and coming straight out with his talk on Donald Trump

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So Merrick Garland gave an exclusive interview to CNN where he finally showed that he is playing a

hand in the Trump prosecution so to speak putting the pressure on now that the Supreme Court's

weighing various issues. Garland is speaking out and what he said is he wants a speedy trial for

Trump. He wants this done before the election. This is massive. In my opinion the Attorney

General should not be opining on this that's why you gave it to a special counsel to avoid the

appearance of political bias and we would never accuse Merrick Garland of political bias

but you know appearances matter. I want you to watch this interview and give me your thoughts

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You have appointed more special counsels than other attorneys general. You did this because

you wanted to make sure that there was some independence from the the way the Justice

Department operates but even the president's son Hunter Biden is accusing the department of

political bias in the the prosecutions that have been launched against him. How do you reassure

the public that these things are being handled in an independent manner given the fact that these

special counsels do report to you? Look we have reasserted and clarified the norms of this Justice

Department. We follow the facts and the law wherever they lead. Politics is not a part of our

determinations. It would be improper and it's not. The department has regulations about the

appointment of special counsels and we follow those regulations. In each case we have appointed people

who are formerly veteran career prosecutors or whatever their current position is

And they're sufficiently independent from you you believe? Yes and the regulations make them

independent from me. So with respect to the public I hope they will see not only from what we've done

but from the outcomes of the of the cases and the way in which special counsel have proceeded that

we have kept politics out of this. One of the trials for the former president Donald Trump

is scheduled for March. Some of the polling recently shows that three-quarters of Republicans

believe that he's being targeted for political reasons. Does it concern you that that this

public perception exists and what can you do to try to change that? Okay of course it concerns me

What we have to do is show by the acts that we take that we're following the law that we're

following the facts. The prosecutions that you're talking about were brought last year

and the special prosecutor has said from the beginning that he thinks public interest requires

a speedy trial which I agree with. I do and the matter is now in the hands of the trial judges

to determine when the trials will take place. The department has policies about steering clear of

elections. Is there a date in your mind where it might be too late to bring these trials to fruition

again to stay out of out of the way of the elections and as the department policies? Well I

just say you know what I said which is that the cases were brought last year. Prosecutor has urged

speedy trials with which I agree and this is now in the hands of the judicial system not in our

hands. Do you looking looking back now do you think that the department took too long to bring these

cases maybe? The special prosecutors followed the facts and the law. They brought cases when they

thought they were ready