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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
Should never have picked Garland.
— President Joe Biden, in words reportedly shared with a colleague in the wake of Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to appoint a special prosecutor to handle Hunter Biden’s case. Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward includes this quote in his new novel, “War” (affiliate link), chronicling the political climate in the U.S. amid foreign conflicts in Ukraine and Israel.
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