Attorney General Merrick Garland testified to the House Judiciary Committee as the DOJ faces Republican scrutiny in cases against Donald Trump and Hunter Biden.
underscored Jordan's political agenda, explaining that lawmakers intended to "examine how the Justice Department has become politicized and weaponized under the leadership of Attorney General Merrick Garland.
" Garland, however, pushed back against Jordan and turned the tables on House Republicans, who have used their majority to launch counter-investigations into the prosecution of former President Donald Trump and the prosecution of President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden. "Our job is not to do what is politically convenient. Our job is not to take orders from the president, from Congress, or from anyone else, about who or what to criminally investigate," the attorney general said. Garland took particular issue with the singling out of specific DOJ officials for public criticism. Among those officials are special counsel Jack Smith, who leads a team prosecuting Trump on 44 felony counts in two separate cases, and U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss, a Trump appointee who is overseeing the prosecution of Hunter Biden onGarland recently appointed Weiss special counsel for the probe of Hunter Biden. Trump and House Republicans have railed against Smith, with Trump repeatedly accusing Smith of being "deranged" and most recently of seeking to "take away my right of speaking freely and openly" after Smith requested a partial gag order on the former president. Jordan mentioned Smith by name in his opening statement Wednesday, saying, "Jack Smith, the guy who a few years ago was looking for ways to prosecute ... victims of the weaponized government." Garland said, "All of us at the Justice Department recognize that with this work comes public scrutiny, criticism, and legitimate oversight." "But singling out individual career public servants who are just doing their jobs is dangerous — particularly at a time of increased threats to the safety of public servants and their families."
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