Garland shoots down DOJ bias claims

Attorney General Merrick Garland fiercely defended the Department of Justice (DOJ) against GOP claims of bias in his first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee since Republicans took control in January. Garland faced particularly sharp questioning over his department’s probe into Hunter Biden, the president’s son, and a now-withdrawn FBI memo that warned of “radical traditionalist Catholic ideology.” “Our job is not to take orders from the president, from Congress, or from anyone else, about who or what to criminally investigate,” Garland said. “As the president himself has said, and...