OA763: Did Merrick Garland Treat Donald Trump With Kid Gloves? Does It Matter?

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Liz and Andrew lead off with the blockbuster <em>Washington Post</em> story that the FBI and DOJ had to be browbeaten into investigating Donald Trump. After that, the duo tackle a bunch of stories surrounding the Trump indictments, including developments in both the Florida and New York cases, Rudy Giuliani being a jerk, and much, much more.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>In the Patreon bonus, Andrew and Liz duo answer one of your burning questions: <em>how</em> exactly is the Trump documents case going to go to trial if only a handful of people can see the documents he's charged with having willfully retained? The answer is the Classified Information Procedures Act, and we start to break it down for you!</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><strong>Notes</strong><br /> FBI resisted opening probe into Trump’s role in Jan. 6 for more than a year<br /> <a href= "https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/06/19/fbi-resisted-opening-probe-into-trumps-role-jan-6-more-than-year/"> https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/06/19/fbi-resisted-opening-probe-into-trumps-role-jan-6-more-than-year/</a></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Freeman/Moss Motion to Compel<br /> <a href= "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720.65.0.pdf"> https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720.65.0.pdf</a></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Giuliani May 30 Motion for Reconsideration<br /> <a href= "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720.61.0.pdf"> https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720.61.0.pdf</a></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Freeman/Moss Opposition<br /> <a href= "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720.64.0.pdf"> https://storage.cour