He used Tuesday's hearing, however, to fire back.
Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Department of Justice, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. | Jacquelyn Martin/APMerrick Garland has staked his career at the Department of Justice on being an independent attorney general.
“I will not be intimidated. And the Justice Department will not be intimidated,” Garland told Republican members of the House Oversight Committee as he set out to defend himself and the department against Republicans’ attacks. Garland’s tenure has earned him a bipartisan reputation as one of the most loathed men in Washington and the butt of jokes for late night television hosts: Bill Maher” and said “when we needed a pit bull, we got a purse dog.”
Garland has defenders beyond Jones, including from within D.C.’s extensive legal circles and among DOJ alumni. But he has not been a skilled political player. And the blowback he has endured has come from the left, the right and everywhere in between.
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