President also regrets picking Merrick Garland for attorney general, as he was slow to prosecute Trump for January 6Joe Biden regrets having pulled out of this year’s presidential race and believes he would have defeated Donald Trump in last month’s election – despite negative poll indications, White House sources have said.The US president has reportedly also said he made a mistake in choosing Merrick Garland as attorney general – reflecting that Garland, a former US appeals court judge, was slow to prosecute Donald Trump for his role in the 6 January 2021 insurrection while presiding over a justice department that aggressively prosecuted Biden’s son Hunter. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/28/joe-biden-regrets-dropping-out-re-election
Author : Robert Tait in Washington
Publish date : 2024-12-28 16:52:35
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