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WASHINGTON POST The Washington Post ... The Week in Ideas ... July 24th 2022 Original article: https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596a649cade4e20ee371b859&s=62dd26a2cfe8a216010325f5&linknum=5&linktot=74 Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess | ||
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Written by Michael Duffy
Opinions editor-at-large
As the House select committee investigating the events before and during Jan. 6 of last year finished its eighth public hearing Thursday night, attention shifts to the Justice Department and the decisions of Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Richard Ben-Veniste, a former Watergate prosecutor and member of the 9/11 Commission, argued in an op-ed that while Garland has investigative powers the select committee lacks, he does not have forever to decide whether to bring charges against a former president.
“Employing the prosecutor’s tradecraft takes time,” Ben-Veniste wrote. “Reluctant witnesses have to be confronted with evidence; culpable parties may be granted immunity to induce cooperation against higher-ups. Challenges to grand jury subpoenas must be litigated in the courts.”
And with midterm elections looming, a variety of outcomes could complicate a thorough prosecution. “Based on its prior recalcitrance,” Ben-Veniste added, “a Congress under Republican control would be unlikely to support such a probe — and could easily undermine it.”
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