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Ted Cruz Smears AG Garland Ahead of Trump Classified Docs Decision<!-- wp:html --><p>Fox News</p> <p>No charges have been filed as a result of the Justice Department’s investigation into former President Donald Trump potentially mishandling classified documents while out of office, but that didn’t stop Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) from trying to frame a potential indictment around Attorney General Merrick Garland being bitter that he’s not on the Supreme Court.</p> <p>On Monday, Trump’s lawyers <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-legal-team-gets-its-sit-down-with-justice-department-officials">met with</a> top Justice Department officials in Washington, D.C. to ask that they not indict their client—a move indicating that a charging decision may be near. Garland was not present at the meeting, <em>The Washington Post</em> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/05/trump-lawyers-meeting-justice-doj/">reported</a>.</p> <p>After Trump himself asked in an all-caps, grammatically challenged Truth Social <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110492504108368110">post</a> how he could “possibly” be charged, Cruz predicted it would happen.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ted-cruz-smears-ag-merrick-garland-ahead-of-donald-trump-classified-docs-decision">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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No charges have been filed as a result of the Justice Department’s investigation into former President Donald Trump potentially mishandling classified documents while out of office, but that didn’t stop Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) from trying to frame a potential indictment around Attorney General Merrick Garland being bitter that he’s not on the Supreme Court.

On Monday, Trump’s lawyers met with top Justice Department officials in Washington, D.C. to ask that they not indict their client—a move indicating that a charging decision may be near. Garland was not present at the meeting, The Washington Post reported.

After Trump himself asked in an all-caps, grammatically challenged Truth Social post how he could “possibly” be charged, Cruz predicted it would happen.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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