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Trump Lawyers Seek Meeting With Garland Over Special Counsel Inquiries

Trump Lawyers Seek Meeting With Garland Over Special Counsel Inquiries

Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump sent a letter on Tuesday requesting a meeting with Attorney General Merrick B. Garland related to the special counsel investigations into Mr. Trump’s conduct.The letter cited no specifics but asserted that Mr. Trump was being treated unfairly by the Justice Department through the investigations led by the special counsel, Jack Smith. Mr. Smith is scrutinizing Mr. Trump’s handling of classified material that was discovered at his private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, after his presidency, as well as his efforts to retain power after he lost the 2020 election.There...

Biden US Attorney Resigns After DOJ IG Investigation Into Ethics Issues – Merrick Garland Declined to Prosecute! | The Gateway Pundit

Biden US Attorney Resigns After DOJ IG Investigation Into Ethics Issues – Merrick Garland Declined to Prosecute! | The Gateway Pundit

Biden-appointed Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins resigned after a Justice Department watchdog investigation into ethics issues. Rachael Rollins, a Soros-backed radical leftist, submitted her resignation letter to Joe Biden and her last day will be Friday at the close of business. Rollins attended a Democrat fundraiser featuring Jill Biden in July 2022 without required Department approval and contrary to ethics advice she received, according to DOJ IG Michael Horowitz. A doozy of a DOJ IG report into MA US Attorney Rachel Rollins, who resigned yesterday. (h/t @kyledcheney) She got in hot water for attending...

Garland tells prosecutors not to confiscate reporters’ data

Garland tells prosecutors not to confiscate reporters’ data

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday issued a broad ban on the use of subpoenas, warrants or court orders to seize the data of reporters from their employers or from communications companies in an attempt to uncover their confidential sources in leak investigations, which have seen sharp new limits to practice are outlined.“The Department of Justice will no longer use mandatory legal processes to obtain information from or records of members of the news media acting in the context of news-gathering activities,” Mr. Garland wrote in a three-page message to federal prosecutors. policy note,...

Justice Dept. Backs Away From Trump Era but Is Still Expected to Test Garland

Justice Dept. Backs Away From Trump Era but Is Still Expected to Test Garland

WASHINGTON — As Judge Merrick B. Garland prepares to take over the Justice Department, officials have already begun to reverse Trump-era policies denounced by Democrats and restore what longtime employees described as a less charged environment where they no longer feared retaliation from the president or public criticism from the attorney general.Judge Garland, who is expected to be confirmed as attorney general in the coming days with bipartisan support, emphasized in his confirmation hearing his experience as a former prosecutor and his commitment to protecting the department from partisan influence. His remarks gave many...

Bad News For Trump As Merrick Garland Vows To Prosecute White Supremacist Domestic Terrorists

Bad News For Trump As Merrick Garland Vows To Prosecute White Supremacist Domestic Terrorists

Biden Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland has promised to oversee the prosecution of white supremacists like those who attacked the Capitol. Video: Merrick Garland vows to oversee the prosecution of white supremacists and Trump's Capitol attackers. pic.twitter.com/Jjd5qHapOC — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 21, 2021 In his opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Garland will say, “If confirmed, I will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6 — a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power...