which looks at how the DOJ during the Biden administration was overly cautious in pursuing cases against Trump and his allies over 2020 election interference, the January 6 riot and more. Attorney General Merrick Garland felt it was important to "turn the page from Donald Trump" and not look too closely at abuses of power, says Leonnig, who also stresses many "stubbornly brave people ... tried to do the right thing and could not succeed in this institution."
Garland's career arc is the stuff of centrist dreams: Harvard summa cum laude, clerkships with Judge Friendly and Justice Brennan, a stint at Arnold & Porter, and a long tenure on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.