Senate Republicans on March 1 grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland over his handling of the Department of Justice (DOJ), which oversees the enforcement of federal law.
Garland appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee in his first appearance before the 118th Congress.
During the hearing Garland, whose DOJ has been at the epicenter of GOP investigations into the “weaponization” of the federal government, Republicans asked Garland about several of his past legal decisions while serving as attorney general.
On Feb. 9, Republicans in the House gaveled in their first hearing of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, which is investigating charges that Garland and President Joe Biden have weaponized federal law enforcement against American citizens who oppose Democrat policy goals….