Attorney General Merrick Garland Appoints Special Counsel to Lead Trump Criminal Probes
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday appointed a special counsel to take over two criminal probes involving former President Donald Trump, including the Justice Department’s investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents and national secrets found at his Mar-a-Lago residence as well as some aspects of a probe into the role of Trump and others in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
