WEAPONIZATION: Garland Insists DOJ Will Keep Ignoring Increasing Public Alarm Over Its Abuses Of Power. He warned that he would not be intimidated into stopping the lawfare against Republicans and President Trump.t.co/zXatfpNVUB
— @amuse (@amuse) June 4, 2024
Here’s 38 seconds of my questioning of AG Garland. I’ll release the full five minutes later today. t.co/xH5Cv31jH4
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) June 4, 2024
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland will take aim on Tuesday at Donald Trump’s Republican allies in the House of Representatives, where he will accuse them of peddling false narratives that endanger law enforcement and undermine the Justice Department’s integrity.
“I will not be intimidated,” Garland plans to tell lawmakers before the House Judiciary Committee, according to excerpts of his prepared testimony. “And the Justice Department will not be intimidated. We will continue to do our jobs free from political influence. And we will not back down from defending our democracy.”
Tuesday will mark the first time Garland has appeared before Congress since Trump was convicted by a jury on New York City on 34 counts of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence an adult film star ahead of the 2016 election.
The House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight Committee have also sought to advance contempt proceedings against Garland, after he refused to provide audio recordings of Biden’s interview with a second Special Counsel who investigated Biden’s retention of classified records and declined to press charges…
wtaq.com/2024/06/04/us-attorney-general-to-house-republicans-i-will-not-be-intimidated/