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Roll Call reports:
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee will confront Attorney General Merrick B. Garland at an oversight hearing Wednesday as they move forward with an impeachment investigation of President Joe Biden that involves accusations of lenient Justice Department treatment for the president’s son.
The hearing will offer Justice Department critics a rare chance to question the attorney general face-to-face and press him on a range of high-profile topics, including the two federal criminal cases against former President Donald Trump and the performance of the special counsel investigating Hunter Biden.
The New York Times reports:
“I am not the president’s lawyer,” Mr. Garland is expected to say, according to excerpts from his opening remarks released hours ahead of his testimony. “I will also add that I am not Congress’s prosecutor. The Justice Department works for the American people.”
It will be Mr. Garland’s first appearance before the committee since the special counsel, Jack Smith, brought two criminal indictments against former President Donald J. Trump and a plea deal for Hunter Biden collapsed.
Mr. Garland, circumspect and soft-spoken, is taking a more aggressive approach than during past hearings. In his prepared remarks, he also denounces escalating threats against prosecutors — including Mr. Smith — and F.B.I. agents by Trump supporters, which have prompted significant increases in security.
Merrick Garland strikes a much sharper tone in prepped remarks before House hearing: “I am not the president’s lawyer… I am not Congress’s prosecutor.” https://t.co/vk5S5lsMRB
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) September 20, 2023
Merrick Garland is expected to forcefully rebuke congressional Republicans who have accused the Justice Department of political bias, according to excerpts of his prepared testimony to be delivered at a House Judiciary Committee hearing. https://t.co/pdCBokxnI1
— CNN (@CNN) September 20, 2023