Republicans in both chambers are preparing to go after Attorney General Merrick Garland over allegations he obstructed and later lied about the investigation into President Biden’s son Hunter Biden.
“It is time. The Department of Justice needs to appoint a special counsel to investigate Merrick Garland for obstruction of justice and perjury,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, on his weekly podcast “The Verdict” to co-host Ben Ferguson.
The appointment of a special counsel, however, is unlikely, given that the attorney general, by law, would be the one to appoint a special counsel or Mr. Garland would have to recuse himself and allow an acting attorney general to make the appointment. The California Republican highlighted the conflicting information between what was allegedly said privately and publicly between Mr. Weiss and Mr. Garland to different parties.
The appointment would have allowed Mr. Weiss to have the same authority as the prosecutor spearheading the investigation into former President Donald Trump. “He was given complete authority to make all decisions on his own,” Mr. Garland said. “I don’t know how it would be possible for anybody to block him for bringing a prosecution given that he has that authority.”
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