Address criticism of decision to assert executive privilege for Biden interviews with special counsel Robert Hur
Attorney General Merrick Garland to testify before House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday
Garland expected to deny accusations of controlling investigations and undermining rule of law
Plans to argue against contempt as means of obtaining sensitive information for political gain
Will refute claims that Justice Department was behind Trump's prosecution in New York on hush money charges
Attorney General Merrick Garland is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, where he will push back against accusations from Republicans that the Justice Department is controlling investigations and seeking to undermine the rule of law. Garland is expected to deny suggestions that the department was behind former President Donald Trump's prosecution in New York on hush money charges and refute claims that Biden administration officials were involved in bringing the case.
Garland will also address Republican criticism of his decision to assert executive privilege to prevent the release of recordings from special counsel Robert Hur's investigation into President Biden's handling of classified materials. The attorney general is expected to argue that certain members of Congress are seeking contempt as a means of obtaining sensitive law enforcement information for no legitimate purpose, which could harm future investigations.
The Justice Department has provided transcripts of Biden's interviews with Hur to lawmakers and accused Republicans of wanting to distort the recordings for political gain. The White House has also criticized federal charges filed by special counsel Jack Smith related to Trump's improper retention of classified documents as politically compromised.
Garland plans to say that he will not jeopardize the ability of prosecutors and agents to do their jobs effectively in future investigations, will not be intimidated, and the Justice Department will not be intimidated. He also intends to rebut false narratives regarding the department's employees and their work.
The attorney general is expected to address an increase in baseless and dangerous falsehoods being spread against FBI agents and prosecutors, as well as criticism of Trump's conviction in New York state court on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Garland will defend the department against repeated attacks from Republican lawmakers and reiterate the importance of defending democracy.
It's unclear if there is any concrete evidence that the Justice Department was behind Trump's prosecution in New York on hush money charges.
The White House criticism of federal charges related to Trump's improper retention of classified documents as politically compromised could be subjective.
Attorney General Merrick Garland will appear before the House Judiciary Committee to respond to former President Donald Trump’s claims about the FBI.
Garland will deny suggestions that the Justice Department was controlling the New York hush money case against Trump.
Trump made false claims that the Justice Department authorized the FBI to use deadly force during the search for classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
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The authors use loaded language when describing Trump's claims as 'baseless and extremely dangerous falsehoods'. They also imply that Trump's team intentionally omitted a key word in the filing, but they do not provide any evidence to support this claim.
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> The authors imply that Trump's team intentionally omitted a key word in the filing.
Attorney General Merrick Garland will not jeopardize the ability of prosecutors and agents to do their jobs effectively in future investigations.
Garland plans to say that he will not be intimidated, and the Justice Department will continue to do its jobs free from political influence.
Garland faces a contempt vote in Congress for refusing to turn over audio recordings of interviews with special counsel Robert Hur.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to slam ‘repeated attacks and conspiracy theories’ against the Justice Department during his opening statements to Congress on Tuesday.
Garland will defend the department and federal law enforcement against accusations of weaponization against former President Donald Trump.
The contempt proceedings come alongside false claims that a jury verdict in a state trial was controlled by the Justice Department.
Garland views contempt as a serious matter but will not jeopardize the ability of prosecutors and agents to do their jobs effectively in future investigations.
There have been heinous threats of violence being directed at the Justice Department’s career public servants.
Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to warn Republicans that their attacks are feeding 'heinous' threats against career agents and prosecutors.
Garland faces a contempt vote in Congress.
He will accuse House Republicans of seeking to undermine the rule of law, peddling 'conspiracy theories', and spreading falsehoods.
The Justice Department is accused of being behind the prosecution and conviction of former President Donald J. Trump on state charges, which Garland denies as a 'conspiracy theory' attacking the judicial process.
Garland argues that the recordings could be altered and used in pro-Trump political ads.
President Biden asserted executive privilege to deny House Republicans access to the recordings, denouncing their effort as a political stunt with dire implications for federal law enforcement.
Attorney General Merrick Garland will defend the Justice Department against repeated attacks from Republican lawmakers.
‘I will not be intimidated’: Garland to rebut contempt threats from House GOP
Biden exerted executive privilege to keep the recordings from public view due to concerns that releasing them could harm future investigations and cooperation with officials.
Garland plans to tell lawmakers that certain members of the House Judiciary Committee and Oversight Committee are seeking contempt as a means of obtaining sensitive law enforcement information for no legitimate purpose, which could harm future investigations.
The White House accused Republicans of wanting to distort the recordings for political gain and provided transcripts of Biden's interviews with special counsel Robert K. Hur to lawmakers.
GOP leaders called Hur's investigation politically compromised and criticized federal charges filed by another special counsel, Jack Smith, related to former President Trump's improper retention of classified documents and failure to return them upon investigators' requests.
A Justice Department spokeswoman said Garland intends to push back against false narratives regarding the department's employees and their work.
Garland plans to say that he will not jeopardize the ability of prosecutors and agents to do their jobs effectively in future investigations, will not be intimidated, and the Justice Department will not be intimidated.
Garland also intends to rebut Republicans' criticism of Trump's conviction in New York state court on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, as well as claims that state prosecutors brought the case at the urging of the Biden administration and Justice Department.
Garland will address the increase in baseless and extremely dangerous falsehoods being spread against FBI agents and prosecutors in his remarks.
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Republicans are moving to try to hold Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio tapes of Trump’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur.
Garland faces a contempt vote in Congress.
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The article contains editorializing and pontification by the author when he states 'But I will not jeopardize the ability of our prosecutors and agents to do their jobs effectively in future investigations. I will not be intimidated. And the Justice Department will not be intimidated.' This statement is an opinion by the author, expressing his support for Garland's stance against Republican threats of contempt. Additionally, there is selective reporting as the article focuses on Garland's defense against Republican attacks and does not provide any counter-perspective or context from the Republicans themselves.
These attacks have not, and they will not, influence our decision-making.
I will not jeopardize the ability of our prosecutors and agents to do their jobs effectively in future investigations. I will not be intimidated. And the Justice Department will not be intimidated.
