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WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee repeatedly accused Attorney General Merrick Garland of singling out former President Donald Trump for selective prosecution, slamming him for what they call a “two-tiered system” of justice. Forty-eight hours later, the Justice Department indicted one of the most powerful Democrats in the Senate — Bob Menendez of New Jersey, the chair of the Foreign Relations Committee — on bribery charges, making public a trove of evidence,

The indictment of the Democratic senator from New Jersey comes at a politically opportune moment for the besieged Justice Department.

WASHINGTON — Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump, employs 40 to 60 career prosecutors, paralegals and support staff, augmented by a rotating cast of FBI agents and technical specialists, according to people familiar with the situation. In his first four months on the job, starting in November, Smith’s investigation incurred expenses of $9.2 million. That included $1.9 million to pay the U.S. Marshals Service to protect Smith, his

For all their complexity, the Trump-related prosecutions have not significantly constrained the ability of prosecutors to carry out their regular duties, officials have said.

WASHINGTON — On the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, Merrick B. Garland was busy typing away in his upstairs office