Mehdi Hasan says he will ‘never’ forgive Biden for not using the Justice Department as a weapon to prosecute Trump before the election

Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan He evaluated President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland on Saturday for not prosecuting former President Trump before the 2024 presidential election.

In a harsh post on X over the weekend, Hasan said he would never forgive Biden and Garland for allowing Trump’s trial on charges stemming from January 6 to be held after Election Day. Weaponized justice system.

“No matter who wins or loses on Tuesday, I will never stop being angry at Joe Biden and Merrick Garland for allowing Trump to face voters this week without seeing the inside of a courtroom for the crimes he committed in January and before the 6th,” he wrote.

TRUMP CASE ARISING FROM JACK SMITH’S INVESTIGATION WAS POSTPONED LAST ELECTION DAY

“Staggering incompetence, prudence, cowardice and more from the top of the Democratic Party. They’ll say it’s to preserve confidence in an impartial Justice Department, but even after giving Trump the go-ahead, Democrats and the Biden Justice Department are still on the fence. Trump’ “He is accused of waging a ‘witch hunt’ against him and ‘weaponizing’ the justice system against him. So what has been achieved?” he added.

After months of speculation about the trial date Special Counsel Jack Smith In the election case against Trump, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan for the District of Columbia announced in September that the trial would not begin until after the presidential election, setting a Nov. 7 deadline for responses and paperwork from federal prosecutors and Trump’s legal team — two days later. Election Day. The case concerns Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Democrats had hoped for the trial date to be earlier, believing it would hurt Trump politically and give Kamala Harris a big advantage in a tight race.

Trump was indicted on four federal charges stemming from Smith’s investigation into the Capitol riot; these include conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official act, obstruction and attempted obstruction of an official act, and conspiracy against the rights in August 2023. Trump did not admit guilt He disputed all the accusations made against him by Smith and called the case a “Witch Hunt”.

TRUMP CLAIMED FOR A SECOND TIME IN ELECTION OVERRUNDER CASE FILED BY SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH

At the time, Democrats claimed the charges pointed to “a months-long criminal plot by the former president to challenge democracy.”

But after the Supreme Court ruled that a president is immune from prosecution for official acts, Smith was required to file a new indictment against Trump and revise the charges. Supreme Court gives judgment.

The new indictment retained the earlier charges but narrowed and reframed the allegations against Trump following the Supreme Court’s decision granting broad immunity to former presidents. Smith claimed Trump applied pressure Vice President Mike Pence rejecting legitimate electoral votes, as well as increasing fake voters going to President Biden in key states and confirming Trump’s election victory.

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Charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official act, obstruction and attempted obstruction of an official act, and conspiracy against rights remain.

Trump denied all accusations There is also a new indictment.

Trump also faces criminal charges in a separate federal case filed by Smith over classified documents, charges in Fulton County, Georgia, and convictions on 34 felonies in Manhattan criminal court. He was also convicted in a New York courtroom in May on 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business records.

Trump maintained his innocence during Republicans’ oath of Congress destroy It’s about the alleged arming of the Justice Department.

Fox News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.