Garland rips Cannon decision while defending special counsel appointment

Garland rips Cannon decision while defending special counsel appointment

Attorney General Merrick Garland defended his appointment of special counsel Jack Smith Tuesday as the department appeals a ruling finding he was wrongly appointed, saying he wouldn’t make such a “basic mistake.” Garland, in an interview with NBC News, noted that he chose to sit down with the outlet at the Justice Department’s law library. “For…