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This appointment appears to be a calculated attempt to restore public confidence, yet it does so by raising further questions about fairness and transparency. Garland’s justification—that Weiss should be outside of the federal government—rings hollow amid the spectacle of a rigged process seen by many skeptics. The cynical veneer exposes a governmental apparatus more committed to preserving power than the rule of law. The investigation itself, with its bizarre and theatrical interrogation scenarios—such as Weiss allegedly speaking in a high-pitched voice threatening corruption—serves as a metaphor of the theater of justice, more spectacle than substance.