to tap into an authority that former president donald trump tried to use when he was president at something democrats decried and eventually it was struck down in the courts. but certainly this comes as biden in this trial trying to show he is doing more when it comes to border security at a time when republicans have tried to paint him as weak on the issue. okay. arlette saenz. thank you for the reporting from the white house thank you all for joining us this morning. i m alison camera radha, our next our of newsroom with wolf blitzer starts now you are in the cnn newsroom. i, wolf blitzer in washington. we re following the breaking news up on capitol hill right now, house republicans have been grilling the attorney general of the united states merrick garland. that s about to continue. merrick garland is being asked about supposedly spreading baseless let s conspiracy theories that have been going on. and the justice department is using alleged lawfare. this is what repub
Department that conspiracy theory is an attack on the judicial process itself wolf, while this hearing is largely about, or supposed to be about the contempt proceeding, republicans want to bring against merrick garland related to his handling of the investigation of joe biden in the interview there where there s an audio recording thing that isn t being released. classified documents case? yes. that resulted in no charges. much of the broader conversation is about misleading information, conspiracy theories that are being spread primarily by donald trump s somebody that is being prosecuted by the justice department. so a lot there for both garland to push back on and for house republicans to question him about important points. katelyn polantz, thanks very much. lauren fox. thanks to you as well. let s discuss this and more with the former attorney general of the united states, alberto gonzales, attorney general. what s your reaction to hearing? at least so far? what the attorney