The FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home has brought intense focus on America’s criminal justice system. It’s not a pretty sight, and Canadians ought not be complacent.
The U.S. Department of Justice is not in the custom of commenting upon ongoing criminal investigations, but an unusually chatty attorney general, Merrick Garland, held a press conference on the Trump raid, saying that he had asked the court to unseal the search warrant and the record of property seized due to “substantial public interest.”
Law enforcement influenced by public interest, public opinion and inevitably political considerations loses credibility. The Trump-Garland matter will bring American criminal justice into further disrepute, except among those who have been paying close attention over recent decades, for whom further disrepute is not possible.
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