LAS VEGAS — Former Gov. Chris Christie said in an interview that appointing a special counsel to oversee multiple federal inquiries into former President Donald Trump is both necessary and fraught with political peril.
Christie, a former U.S. attorney, was speaking hypothetically Thursday afternoon before news broke that Attorney General Merrick Garland would appoint career prosecutor Jack Smith to handle the Justice Department’s investigation into Trump’s possession of classified government documents since leaving the White House, as well as the inquiry relating to the former president’s handling of his loss to President Joe Biden in 2020.
Christie cautioned that investigating a former president who is a declared candidate for the White House remains sensitive and has the potential to be politically explosive even with the appointment of a special counsel. Christie said one way Garland might have dealt with this challenge is by appointing a known Republican and experienced prosecutor with trust and credibility in the legal community.
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