Watergate Prosecutor Says DOJ Should Investigate Trump Over Jan. 6: Why Is Merrick Garland ‘Asleep on the Job?’

Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman told CNN’s Jim Acosta on Saturday that the Justice Department “absolutely should” bring a case against former President Donald Trump over Jan. 6, or at the very least, investigate his role.

Acosta played the audio recording of Trump defending “Hang Mike Pence” chants on Jan. 6.

“He seems to be volunteering some information that he was getting updates on his vice president being chased around the Capitol,” Acosta noted.

“Well even better,” Akerman said. “That is an admission that could be used in a criminal trial against Donald Trump. I mean he’s basically admitting to the lie that he’s been spreading from day one about having won the election.”

“Two, he’s not really taking any offense at the idea of people were shouting hang Mike Pence,” Akerman added.

The former Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York went on to argue that combined with reports that Trump tried to pressure Pence to overturn the electoral college vote, makes a “pretty decent” criminal case against Trump.

“Why won’t they bring a case against him?” Acosta asked.

Akerman replied that the Justice Department think “they’re getting involved in politics, when in fact, this is such a serious issue.”

The DOJ “absolutely should” bring a case against Trump, Akerman added, “and at a minimum, they ought to be investigating it.”

He argued that the public would know if the DOJ had launched an investigation because they would have to go through the subpoena process created by the 1978 Presidential Records Act.

“So the question is where is Merrick Garland?” Akerman said. “Why is he asleep on the job? Where is our Department of Justice that ought to be protecting us, and at a minimum, investigating Trump’s role in this entire matter.”

Watch above, via CNN

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