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<blockquote data-quote="728ups" data-source="post: 5453038" data-attributes="member: 33372"><h3>Trump news – live: Furious Trump denounces special counsel appointment as ‘disgrace’ and ‘unfair’</h3>Attorney General <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/merrick-garland" target="_blank">Merrick Garland</a> has named <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank">Department of Justice</a> veteran and former Hague war crimes prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel to consider whether former president <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> should face criminal charges.Mr Garland made the announcement at a news conference on Friday and said Mr Smith will focus on the possibility of charges stemming from the investigations into the January 6 <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/capitol-riot" target="_blank">Capitol riot</a> and the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/mar-a-lago" target="_blank">Mar-a-Lago</a> classified documents.The former president slammed the move as the “worst politicisation of justice” and said: “I am not going to partake in it.”The news comes just days after he gave an uncharacteristically downbeat speech announcing his intention to run for the presidency in 2024.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-news-live-furious-trump-denounces-special-counsel-appointment-as-disgrace-and-unfair/ar-AA14fARI?ocid=msedgntp&amp;cvid=ec1c96dfbab94910bdb590db6364978c[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="728ups, post: 5453038, member: 33372"] [HEADING=2]Trump news – live: Furious Trump denounces special counsel appointment as ‘disgrace’ and ‘unfair’[/HEADING] Attorney General [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/merrick-garland']Merrick Garland[/URL] has named [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/department-of-justice']Department of Justice[/URL] veteran and former Hague war crimes prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel to consider whether former president [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump']Donald Trump[/URL] should face criminal charges. Mr Garland made the announcement at a news conference on Friday and said Mr Smith will focus on the possibility of charges stemming from the investigations into the January 6 [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/capitol-riot']Capitol riot[/URL] and the [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/mar-a-lago']Mar-a-Lago[/URL] classified documents. The former president slammed the move as the “worst politicisation of justice” and said: “I am not going to partake in it.” The news comes just days after he gave an uncharacteristically downbeat speech announcing his intention to run for the presidency in 2024. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-news-live-furious-trump-denounces-special-counsel-appointment-as-disgrace-and-unfair/ar-AA14fARI?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ec1c96dfbab94910bdb590db6364978c[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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