Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Merrick Garland Has More Than Enough to Investigate Trump

A federal judge’s clear-eyed assessment of the former president’s intent to overturn the 2020 election adds to the pile of existing evidence.

March 29, 2022 at 10:30 AM UTC

By Timothy L. O'Brien

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

What’s he waiting for?
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A federal judge thinks that former President Donald Trump likely committed fraud — and probably knew it — when he and one of his lawyers, John Eastman, plotted to block Congress’s certification of the 2020 presidential election so Trump could hold on to power.

So how much longer will it take Attorney General Merrick Garland to draw the same conclusion about that attempted coup?