‘Extraordinary circumstances’ require appointment of Jack Smith to determine whether charges should be brought, Garland says
US attorney general Merrick Garland has announced the appointment of a special counsel tasked with the job of determining whether Donald Trump will face charges as part of any Department of Justice (DoJ) investigations.
The politically explosive move just comes just days after the former US president announced he was running for the White House yet again, despite a disappointing Republican performance in the midterm elections, especially among candidates backed by Trump.
