Former DOJ Official Predicts When Donald Trump’s Worst Nightmare Will Happen

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Former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal predicted Wednesday that an indictment for Donald Trump in the classified documents scandal is imminent and explained why it would be a former president’s worst nightmare.

Katyal, appearing on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House, noted anchor Nicolle Wallace how Attorney General Merrick Garland, and special counsel Jack Smith appointed by Garland to lead the investigation, did not. overtly political, much to Trump’s chagrin.

Garland, although a political appointee, has a longstanding reputation in Washington as bipartisan, as a careful and respected jurist on both sides of the aisle, Katyal said.

Smith is independent.

So, between those two, when talking about something as sensitive as Do you indict a former president?, it would make all the sense in the world that thats a Jack Smith determination, Katyal said.

And that’s what Donald Trump fears, he added. He was afraid to have someone independent do it. If its someone political, at least he can trash it as being political or this or that. So this is Trump’s worst nightmare.

Amid reports that Smith’s investigation is nearly over, Katyal said Justice Department rules will bring prosecutions when they’re ready and you don’t really look at outside influences or things. that’s like that.

I expect it will be close, he added.

Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said this week that the Justice Department has a strong case against Trump for allegedly refusing to turn over classified documents after leaving the White House.

Trump has denied any criminal wrongdoing.

Watch the interview here:

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