The FBI immediately had evidence that Trump was being the insurrection, but they worried that it wasn't ENOUGH evidence to open an investigation.
Trump this week said that the moment he is reelected, he will appoint a special counsel to "go after" the Bidens.
See how that looks?
Here is what Merrick Garland said on January 5, one year after the insurrection, when he explained what the department was doing:
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