Attorney General Merrick Garland rebuked Republicans for what he described as unprecedented attacks on the Justice Department Tuesday, telling lawmakers who have sought to hold him in contempt that he will “not be intimidated.”
Appearing before a House panel led by allies of former President Donald Trump, Garland condemned as a “conspiracy theory” the claim that the department was behind Trump’s state court prosecution in New York in which the former president was convicted last week of 34 felony charges. And he pushed back against “baseless and extremely dangerous falsehoods” being peddled about law enforcement.
Garland’s unusually fiery testimony amounted to a forceful defense of the independence and integrity of the Justice Department at an unprecedented moment in which it is prosecuting both Trump and President Joe Biden’s son. Amid an onslaught by Trump and his Republican allies, Garland said his agency will not be deterred in its commitment to uphold the rule of law.
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