Tag: Garland

Garland blasts ‘unfounded attacks’ on US Justice Dept

By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday criticized what he called “unfounded attacks” on the Justice Department by congressional Republicans as he rejected their request for audio recordings of a special counsel interview with President Joe Biden. In a letter to the chairmen of the […]

Republicans Threaten Contempt Vote Against Merrick Garland Over Robert Hur Material

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are threatening to hold U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he doesn’t hand over material from the Justice Department’s recent investigation of President Joe Biden. In a letter to Garland on Monday, House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) demanded […]

Attorney General Merrick Garland says it would’ve been ‘absurd’ to block special counsel’s language on Biden’s memory

Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back Thursday on criticism from White House officials and others who argued he should not have let special counsel Robert Hur use language claiming that President Joe Biden suffers from memory loss in his report on the president’s handing of classified documents. In his report, Hur described the president’s memory […]