Posted on 06/04/2024 3:35:09 PM PDT by Libloather
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday will push back against lawmakers who have vowed to hold him in contempt, casting the effort as “only the most recent in a long line of attacks” on the Justice Department.
Garland is set to appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday after it, along with the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, voted last month to hold him in contempt — an effort left in limbo over recess, as it’s unclear whether the GOP will be able to secure enough votes to pass the measure on the floor.
It’s a busy time for Garland to appear before some of the House’s biggest bomb-throwers, though a spokesperson for the Department of Justice (DOJ) said the attorney general plans to “forcefully push back on false narratives regarding the Department’s employees and their work.”
Numerous Republicans have vented frustration at the DOJ over former President Trump’s conviction by a New York jury, despite the fact that the federal agency has no control over the state-level prosecution. Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Monday called for eliminating federal funding for state prosecutors engaged in “abusive ‘lawfare’ tactics to target political opponents.”
Garland on Tuesday will call such claims a “conspiracy theory [that] is an attack on the judicial process itself.”
And though Republicans already have a transcript of President Biden’s conversation with special counsel Robert Hur, lawmakers are sure to ask questions about the interview as well as the decision not to turn over audio recordings of the conversation. They are also likely to ask him about DOJ investigations into the president’s son, Hunter Biden, who faces trial this week.
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We dodged a huge bullet when we were able to keep this feckless wanker off the Supreme Court.
Gitmo’ is too good for him.
His Supreme Court nomination tells you everything you need to know about Obama.
Next year, after Trump wins re-election and Republicans control the House and Senate, one of the first orders of business needs to be removing D.C. venue over criminal and contempt cases. Move mandatory venue to a 99% Republican county in Florida or Texas.
Alternatively, give all of the residential sections of D.C. back to Maryland and just keep the Mall and surrounding federal buildings in D.C.
Send the Seargent- at- Arms.
That was the best thing the Turtle ever did for this country (note I did not say his country as that is most likely China).
Republicans love Wray and Garland.
They said on FOX this afternoon, Republicans are split on holding Garland accountable, and they don’t have the Votes to hold him in contempt.
If only they would have the balls to use inherent contempt and have the sergeant at arms arrest him and jail him.
Jack Poso 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
Here is Merrick Garland telling reporters he doesn’t need to respond to Congressional subpoenas he decides are not legitimate
He is currently throwing Steve Bannon behind bars for not responding to the J6 Committee subpoena
https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1798796776452899055
David Giglio
@DavidGiglioCA
That’s weird?
Where in the Constitution does it say that the Attorney General gets to decide which congressional subpoenas are “legitimate” or not??
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