Allies of Donald Trump are enraged after Attorney General Merrick Garland expressed support for a "speedy" trial in regards to the ex-president's election interference case, Newsweek reported.
While the trial is scheduled to begin on March 4, there may be a delay since Trump's lawyers are arguing that he is immune from prosecution because his actions were carried out while he was president. Some think he may be trying to postpone the trial until after the election so he can try to dismiss the charges against him.
Speaking to CNN, Garland said that special counsel Jack Smith "has said from the beginning that he thinks public interest requires a speedy trial, which I agree with."
"And the matter is now in the hands of the trial judge to determine when a trial will take place," he added.
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As Newsweek points out, those words sparked outrage from Trump's supporters.
"ELECTION INTERFERENCE! We knew this was all coming from Joe Biden himself. Merrick Garland just made it official," Trump adviser Jason Miller wrote in a post to X.
In a post to Gettr, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon said Garland's comments amount to "DIRECT LAWFARE ELECTION INTERFERENCE" to "save Biden AND himself."
Garland went on to tell CNN that the notion that the criminal cases against Trump are political is troublesome.
"What we have to do is show by the acts that we take that we're following the law, that we're following the facts," he said.
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