Garland skirts House oversight questions about involvement in Hunter Biden probe: ‘Don’t recollect’

Attorney General Merrick Garland told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that he can’t remember whether he spoke to special counsel David Weiss about the criminal investigation into President Biden‘s son, Hunter Biden.

Mr. Garland, facing Judiciary panel questioning for the first time in a Republican majority, stumbled over questions about his personal involvement in the embattled probe of Hunter Biden and claimed to lack knowledge of “the specifics of the investigation,” which resulted in a sweetheart plea deal that has since fallen apart.

“I have intentionally not involved myself in the facts of the case, not because I’m trying to get out of responsibility, but because I am trying to pursue my responsibility,” Mr. Garland told the panel.