Merrick Garland handling of Steve Bannon's contempt referral will be the biggest test of his tenure at the Department of Justice.
, Republicans are still portraying him as the most political attorney general in history.
The other weakness of Garland’s timid approach was on full view during his opening statement and responses to Democratic members of Congress. “The essence of the rule of law is that like cases are treated alike. That there not be one rule for Democrats and another for Republicans; one rule for friends, another for foes,” Garland stated grandly. But by declining to investigate Trump and his associates, Garland is enabling further attacks on our democracy.
Trump is widely expected to be the party’s nominee in 2024. And he remains a threat to democracy. Trump has instructed loyalists like Bannon to block all congressional efforts to investigate the. In seeking to protect Bannon, Republicans on Thursday parroted Trump’s line that the select committee is illegally persecuting a peaceful protest.
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