Claiming Merrick Garland can’t prosecute Trump is ill-conceived at best

"It is critical that Garland do the job that he was sworn to do — to uphold the law," Richard W. Painter writes. [View in browser]( [Image]( June 24, 2022 THE LATEST [Alternate text] [Claiming Merrick Garland can’t prosecute Trump is ill-conceived at best]( by Richard W. Painter While the fifth Jan. 6 committee hearing focused on former President Donald Trump's pressure on the Justice Department ahead of the insurrection, one claim in particular continues to irk experts: the argument that Merrick Garland faces a conflict of interest in the potential prosecution of Trump because he was appointed by President Joe Biden. [Richard W. Painter explains]( why this claim is false. "Garland's personal interest is insignificant, other than the personal interest that we all have as Americans in ensuring that nobody, particularly a president, is above the criminal law," he writes. "Powerful people, including presidents and former presidents, are subject to prosecution just like anyone else who commits a crime," he writes. "It is critical that Garland do the job that he was sworn to do — to uphold the law." Read Richard W. Painter's [full analysis](//link.msnbc.com/click/28164170.73372/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi90cnVtcC1zLWphbi02LWNyaW1lcy1tdXN0LWJlLXRyaWVkLW1lcnJpY2stZ2FybGFuZC1uMTI5NjU0NT9jaWQ9ZW1sX21kYV8yMDIyMDYyNCZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsPWQ3ZGM3NDUxNzI5N2IzOTcxYWExNGQ2ZjMzMTEzNWEwODc4ZjhmNjQwZmExYTEwMTlmMTU3YjY1YzFiNWRkMWQ/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914F23bd7d35//link.msnbc.com/click/28164170.73372/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi90cnVtcC1zLWphbi02LWNyaW1lcy1tdXN0LWJlLXRyaWVkLW1lcnJpY2stZ2FybGFuZC1uMTI5NjU0NT9jaWQ9ZW1sX21kYV8yMDIyMDYyNCZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsPWQ3ZGM3NDUxNzI5N2IzOTcxYWExNGQ2ZjMzMTEzNWEwODc4ZjhmNjQwZmExYTEwMTlmMTU3YjY1YzFiNWRkMWQ/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914H23bd7d35//link.msnbc.com/click/28164170.73372/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi90cnVtcC1zLWphbi02LWNyaW1lcy1tdXN0LWJlLXRyaWVkLW1lcnJpY2stZ2FybGFuZC1uMTI5NjU0NT9jaWQ9ZW1sX21kYV8yMDIyMDYyNCZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsPWQ3ZGM3NDUxNzI5N2IzOTcxYWExNGQ2ZjMzMTEzNWEwODc4ZjhmNjQwZmExYTEwMTlmMTU3YjY1YzFiNWRkMWQ/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914J23bd7d35 in your Friday [MSNBC Daily](. 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