Peter Keisler in NPR
Board Member and former Acting Attorney General Peter Keisler spoke with NPR about Merrick Garland’s tenure and the investigations of Donald Trump:
Peter Keisler is a longtime appellate lawyer who once served as acting Attorney General in the George W. Bush years. He said Garland has been the perfect person to serve now, because of his smarts, judgment and commitment to the public good.
“Any attorney general is going to be called upon to make some very tough decisions on some very controversial issues,” said Keisler. “That’s the nature of the job.” …
Keisler, the appellate lawyer, agreed, saying investigators had to take their time to search for possible financial ties among militia groups and the people in Trump’s inner circle, even if those allegations produced no charges.
“It’s easy to say once all the work is done that you could have, and should have, done it more quickly by not spending time chasing down things that didn’t pan out,” Keisler said. “But you can’t know what you’ll find and won’t find unless you first conduct a thorough investigation.”