Garland came under constant bombardment by Republican House members, but held his own pushing back against efforts to het him to comment or defend on going Justice Department actions….
Attorney General Merrick Garland defended his handling of the years-long federal investigation of Hunter Biden on Wednesday as he faced a slew of questions from House Republicans.
Garland is appearing before the House Judiciary Committee as part of a routine oversight hearing. But Republicans are, unsurprisingly, focusing almost entirely on the Hunter Biden investigation — specifically, the appointment of David Weiss as special counsel and IRS whistleblower allegations of interference with the probe.
Garland largely deflected questions about details of the Hunter Biden inquiry, while indirectly batting down allegations that he had meddled in the investigation into the president’s son.
“I promised the Senate … that I would leave Mr. Weiss in place and that I would not interfere with his investigation. I have kept that promise,” Garland said in response to a question from Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.).
He added in a separate back-and-forth that he would not “discuss internal Justice Department deliberations whether or not I had them” in regard to the Hunter Biden probe.
But he specified that no one at the White House had provided direction to him or other senior DOJ officials. He also said he didn’t believe he had discussed the matter with officials at FBI headquarters…..
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