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
the independence of the justice department from improper influence or interference of any kind. and i will continue to fiercely protect the integrity of our criminal investigations nothing will deter me from fulfilling my obligation to uphold the rule of law fulfilling that obligation includes ensuring that the justice department respects congress s important role in our democracy the hearings on a break right now, we ll resume our coverage as soon as the members come back into that hearing room, the house judiciary committee, i want to bring in our congressional correspondent, laura and fox she standing up on capitol hill and cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz. she s lived with me here in the cnn newsroom let me start with you to learn you re there on capitol hill. we just heard some powerful words from the attorney general, set the scene for us. what s going on? yeah. so right now they are
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
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member the committee indicated, that s simply not true, the department is following evidence where it leads them and they re prosecuting those cases where they believe that those cases should be prosecuted we also heard attorney general, the committee chairman jordan continue to mischaracterized the search warrant that the fbi executed to search trump s home down at mar-a-lago in florida. listen to this justice is no longer blind in america today is driven by politics example number one. it s president trump. the biden justice department under attorney general garland approved a raid on president trump s home something we ve never witnessed in this great country. this action broke every norm in our justice system. many americans believed there s now a double standard and our justice system, they believed that because there is and we re going to have lots of questions about that problem well, let me get your reaction