FBI Delayed Trump Investigation
Top DOJ and FBI officials feared appearing partisan and blocked early proposals to investigate Trump and his allies for more than a year.
One full year after the January 6 Insurrection, only four prosecutors were assigned to investigate Trump. This long delay prevented agents from interviewing key witnesses and securing evidence such as email and phone records. Only after being publicly embarrassed by the House January 6 Committee and investigative journalists, did the DOJ leadership determine there was sufficient evidence to investigate Trump directly. Jack Smith was appointed as special counsel in November of 2022.
(Illustration by Elena Lacy/The Washington Post; Photos by Bonnie Jo Mount, Jabin Botsford and Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)
By Carol D. Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis
In the DOJ’s investigation of Jan. 6, key Justice officials also quashed an early plan for a task force focused on people in Trump’s orbit
Video: Donald Trump says he was 'too busy' to return classified documents, The Telegraph | 6/20/2023
The interview was Mr Trump’s first since appearing before a judge to be presented with 37 charges brought by the federal government following an FBI search of his Florida mansion last August.
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