The always political Merrick Garland outsmarted himself, so Judiciary Committee Democrats lack the ammo needed to challenge the FBI nominee’s appointment.
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Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of the FBI, looks on as he testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., January 30, 2025.
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In a post yesterday, I explained that the Trump Justice Department’s abandonment of Biden DOJ special counsel Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago documents prosecution would trigger a battle over disclosure of Smith’s final report on the case (Volume II of his two-volume report; the already-disclosed Volume I laid out Smith’s version of the evidence related to the 2020 election interference case).
The battle is already on, thanks to President Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel to be FBI director.
About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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In a post yesterday, I explained that the Trump Justice Department’s abandonment of Biden DOJ special counsel Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago documents prosecution would trigger a battle over disclosure of Smith’s final report on the case (Volume II of his two-volume report; the already-disclosed Volume I laid out Smith’s version of the evidence related to the 2020 election interference case).
The battle is already on, thanks to President Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel to be FBI director.
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About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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