US attorney general calls Trump’s claim FBI was ready to shoot him ‘dangerous’
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Merrick Garland says agency’s ‘standard operations plan’ was also used for Biden, as ex-Trump lawyer excoriates Mar-a-Lago delaysDonald Trump’s former White House lawyer has attacked the judge handling the classified documents criminal case for repeated delays and “incompetence” – while the US attorney general separately criticized as “dangerous” Trump’s claim this week that the FBI had been authorized to shoot him during its investigation.Former presidential counsel Ty Cobb said decisions made...

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