AG Garland is the great pretender for his Trump special counsel appointment

Even those who didn t just come from Mars had to admire Garland s ability to keep a straight face while making the absurd claim that fairness dictates he appoint a special counsel to take over two probes into Donald Trump because Trump is running for president and Joe Biden says he intends to also. 

The slippery reasoning survived the event because Garland made a fast exit left without taking questions. Otherwise, some pesky journo might have asked the obvious: If the prospect of a Trump-Biden showdown now triggers a conflict of interest for the Justice Department that requires an independent counsel, why wasn t a conflict triggered the moment Garland started the Trump probe? 

After all, Trump was defeated by Biden two years ago and Biden is Garland s boss. And there s never been much doubt that both Trump and Biden aimed for a 2024 rematch. So why is there a conflict just now? 

via nypost.com

NY Post style review. NPR has a different take.