“But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial,” the report said.

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    The AG is not an all powerful entity. He was appointed by Biden himself. Similarly the Democrats could have pressured Biden to fire Garland. And Biden could have done it himself.

    Everyone was very happy to wait for years to “make sure the trial was well prepared”.

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      The AG is not an all powerful entity.

      Trump sure made it seem so what with Bill Barr.