AG Garland pledged that the U.S. Attorney investigating Hunter Biden has broad independence to pursue appropriate charges, including bringing a case outside of the prosecutor’s base in Delaware if necessary.
Attorney General Merrick Garland is sworn in to testify as the Senate Judiciary Committee examines the Department of Justice, at the Capitol in Washington, March 1. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP PhotoAttorney General Merrick Garland pledged Wednesday that the U.S. Attorney pursuing a criminal probe of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden has broad independence to pursue appropriate charges, including bringing a case outside of the prosecutor’s base in Delaware if that’s necessary.
When Garland was nominated as attorney general, he agreed to leave Weiss — an appointee of former President Donald Trump — in place to complete the Hunter Biden investigation. Sen. Mike Lee questioned Garland about federal law enforcement’s handling of protests that broke out at the homes of several Supreme Court justices after POLITICO reported last May on a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn the federal constitutional right to abortion established in 1973 inDobbs v.
The attorney general was vague about why no one has been charged in connection with the protests, although he said the “priority” of the marshals is keeping the justices and their families safe, not policing the demonstrators. Garland insisted, however, that no directive has been given to ignore that law.
Democrats also used the hearing to cajole Garland for support for their key issues, with Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin railing against social media companies for enabling drug trafficking and dangerous behavior by teenagers.
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