Garland Says Watchdog Is Best Positioned to Review Trump-Era Justice Dept., Not Him
The attorney general said that various inspector general inquiries would help uncover any wrongdoing and that he wanted to avoid politicizing the work of career officials.
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland earlier this month. Answering questions from reporters at the Justice Department on Tuesday, Mr. Garland said that reviewing the previous administration’s actions was “a complicated question.”Credit.Pool photo by Tom Brenner
June 22, 2021
WASHINGTON Attorney General Merrick B. Garland backed away on Tuesday from doing a broad review of Justice Department politicization during the Trump administration, noting that the department’s independent inspector general was already investigating related issues, including aggressive leak hunts and attempts to overturn the election.
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