{"id":1745096,"date":"2022-11-19T11:17:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T16:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1745096"},"modified":"2022-11-19T11:17:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T16:17:50","slug":"trump-responds-to-doj-tapping-special-counsel-to-handle-two-of-its-criminal-investigations-into-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-responds-to-doj-tapping-special-counsel-to-handle-two-of-its-criminal-investigations-into-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Responds To DOJ Tapping Special Counsel To Handle Two Of Its Criminal Investigations Into Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-responds-to-doj-tapping-special-counsel-to-handle-two-of-its-criminal-investigations-into-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1745096&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump responded to Friday\u2019s big news that the Justice Department was handing over its criminal investigations into him to a special counsel to avoid potential political bias by claiming that the DOJ was being \u201cweaponized\u201d against him.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland named Jack Smith, a former war crimes prosecutor, as special counsel overseeing the Department\u2019s criminal investigation into Trump\u2019s handling of U.S. government records after leaving office and his actions related to the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department of Justice has long recognized that in certain, extraordinary cases, it is in the public interest to appoint a special prosecutor to independently manage an investigation and prosecution,\u201d Garland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-merrick-garland-to-name-special-counsel-to-determine-charges-against-trump-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a Friday\u00a0press briefing. \u201cBased on recent developments, including the former president\u2019s announcement that he is a candidate for president in the next election and the sitting president\u2019s intention to be a candidate as well, I have concluded that it is in the public\u2019s interest to appoint a special counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-says-he-wont-partake-special-counsel-investigation-slams-as-worst-politicization-of-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> in an interview with Fox News, claiming that he was \u201cnot going to partake\u201d in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Trump later said, \u201cthis is a totally expected political stunt by a feckless, politicized, weaponized Biden Department of Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump demanded that the Republican Party \u201cstand up and fight\u201d amid the announcement of a special counsel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfair to the country, to the Republican Party, and I don\u2019t think people should accept it. I am not going to accept it,\u201d he told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>The 76-year-old later addressed the matter during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g-uUw02Yyuw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event<\/a> Friday night at Mar-a-Lago, claiming that he thought that the investigations into him were winding down.<\/p>\n<p>The active investigation about the classified materials that were discovered in his private residence when the FBI raided his home back in August was paused 60 days prior to the midterm elections due to DOJ policy about trying to not interfere in elections.<\/p>\n<p>Trump then turned his attention to President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, who is also under criminal investigation by the DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere\u2019s their special prosecutor, by the way?\u201d Trump asked. \u201cWhere\u2019s their special prosecutor? They said, when I announced they had to do this. Well, he announced too, he said he wants to run, where\u2019s their special prosecutor?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. attorney overseeing the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-federal-prosecutors-have-enough-evidence-to-charge-bidens-son-with-multiple-crimes-report-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David C. Weiss<\/a>, a holdover from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy isn\u2019t there a special counsel being set up for them?\u201d Trump continued. \u201cTremendous corruption, they\u2019re corrupt people, they\u2019re criminals. I\u2019ve done nothing wrong. They participated in massive criminal activity with many other nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump then suggested that the special counsel was appointed because House Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/this-is-an-investigation-of-joe-biden-house-gop-leaders-vow-corruption-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that they would be investigating the Biden family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s not a fair situation what\u2019s going on and I guarantee you they get a fair investigation, this will not be a fair investigation,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cBut again, I thought this was all done or very close to being done. These people are corrupt, and yet they go after innocent people under the guise of legitimacy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump responded to Friday\u2019s big news that the Justice Department was handing over its criminal investigations into him to a special counsel to avoid potential political bias by claiming that the DOJ was being \u201cweaponized\u201d against him. 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