The New Yorker appeared to have taken a swipe against Attorney General Merrick Garland over his 'fairness and neutrality' stance towards recent DOJ decisions involving former President Trump.
In a piece titled,"The Political, Legal, and Moral Minefield That Donald Trump Left for Merrick Garland," New Yorker editor David Rohde sounded the alarm that"Some fear that a former judge with a passionate belief in fairness and neutrality cannot effectively counter Trump."
Rohde listed recent DOJ decisions like defending Trump in the defamation lawsuit launched by E. Jean Carroll, who had accused the former president of rape, keeping an internal Mueller probe memo from his predecessor William Barr classified, and asking a judge to toss civil lawsuits against the Trump administration involving the forced removal of protesters in Lafayette Square last year.
"Wouldn’t want someone [with] a passionate belief in the need for fairness and neutrality to be in charge of.... the department of justice," Washington Examiner commentator Zachary Faria sarcastically tweeted."fairness and neutrality are canceled," political commentator Allahpundit declared.
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