Garland appointed Jack Smith as special counsel in the Justice Department's probes into Trump.
Garland emphasized that the Justice Department would not be intimidated by baseless claims and threats of contempt.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has jurisdiction over New York state law cases, independent of the Justice Department.
On June 4, 2024, Attorney General Merrick Garland testified before the House Judiciary Committee and denied involvement in Trump's Manhattan prosecution.
Trump was convicted last week in a New York hush money case and Republicans claimed without evidence that Biden used his DOJ to target Trump.
On June 4, 2024, Attorney General Merrick Garland testified before the House Judiciary Committee regarding Justice Department oversight. During the hearing, Garland pushed back against false and dangerous narratives being spread about the Department of Justice. These narratives suggested that President Biden's Justice Department was involved in Trump's criminal prosecution in Manhattan, which is dismissed as false and dangerous by Garland.
Garland made it clear that he had no involvement in placing Matthew Colangelo in the Manhattan district attorney's office, and denied any involvement whatsoever in Trump's criminal prosecution. He emphasized that the Justice Department would not be intimidated by baseless claims and threats of contempt.
The Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, has jurisdiction over cases involving New York state law, completely independent of the Justice Department which has jurisdiction over cases involving federal law. Trump was convicted last week in the New York hush money case and Republicans have continued to claim without evidence that Biden used his DOJ to target Trump.
Garland appointed Jack Smith as special counsel in the Justice Department's probes into Trump, which eventually led to two criminal cases against him.
Despite Republican efforts to intimidate and discredit the Justice Department, Garland remained committed to upholding the rule of law and ensuring that all investigations are conducted fairly and impartially.
Attorney General Merrick Garland testified before the House Judiciary Committee on June 4, 2024
Garland pushed back against false and dangerous narratives being spread about the Department of Justice
House GOP lawmakers threatened to hold Garland in contempt for withholding records from Special Counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents following his vice presidency
Gaetz argued that by refusing to immediately hand over documents, the Justice Department is only fomenting more conspiracy theories
Garland repeated that the Justice Department had no involvement in Bragg’s investigation
Rep. Jerry Nadler asked Garland about the impact on the department when Trump and Republicans baselessly claim that Biden authorized deadly force in the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago
Attorney General Merrick Garland is losing patience with Republican conspiracy theories about the justice system.
Garland denied any involvement in placing Matthew Colangelo in the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
The theory suggests President Biden’s Justice Department was involved in Trump’s criminal prosecution in Manhattan, which is dismissed as false and dangerous by Garland.
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy in the form of Attorney General Merrick Garland's denial of Republican conspiracy theories. The author, Aaron Blake, presents Garland's strong rebuttal of the Trump-pushed theory that the FBI had targeted Trump for assassination and his dismissal of the idea that President Biden's Justice Department was involved in the successful Manhattan criminal prosecution of Trump. Additionally, there is an example of a dichotomous depiction where Blake presents Gaetz's positing of Garland having dispatched Matthew Colangelo to Manhattan while simultaneously presenting Garland's firm denial of such claim.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appears to be losing patience with the many thinly constructed Republican conspiracy theories about the supposed “weaponization” of the justice system against the GOP.
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) soon posited that it was “rather odd” that Colangelo had found his way to Manhattan.
Gaetz, like McClintock, pitched Colangelo’s work history as being odd, labeling it a “remarkable downstream career journey from the DOJ in Washington, D.C., — and then pops up in Alvin Bragg’s office to get Trump.”
Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for a roughly five-hour-long hearing.
Garland defended the department’s work and role in several high-profile criminal cases, including those brought against former President Donald Trump and Hunter Biden.
Republican lawmakers have argued that the Justice Department is being weaponized against conservatives.
The House Judiciary Committee and Oversight Committee voted to advance contempt proceedings against Garland for his refusal to turn over audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur.
Garland will not provide the audio recordings sought by the GOP lawmakers, but has gone to extraordinary lengths to ensure that the committee gets responses to its legitimate requests for information.
The Manhattan District Attorney has jurisdiction over cases involving New York state law, completely independent of the Justice Department which has jurisdiction over cases involving federal law.
Trump was convicted last week in the New York hush money case and Republicans have continued to claim without evidence that Biden used his DOJ to target Trump.
Garland appointed Jack Smith as special counsel in the Justice Department’s probes into Trump, which eventually led to two criminal cases against him.
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The article contains a few instances of inflammatory rhetoric and appeals to authority. The author states that Republican lawmakers have argued that the Justice Department is being weaponized against conservatives, and they mention the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee's vote to advance contempt proceedings against Attorney General Garland. Additionally, there are examples of Garland defending the Justice Department's actions and refusing to be intimidated by attacks from Republicans. However, these instances do not significantly detract from the overall content of the article.
Republican lawmakers have argued that the Justice Department is being weaponized against conservatives
The author states that Garland defended the department's work and role in several high-profile criminal cases, including those brought against former President Donald Trump and Hunter Biden.
Garland said while the department will not provide the audio recordings sought by GOP lawmakers, it has 'gone to extraordinary lengths to ensure that the committee gets responses to its legitimate requests for information'.
