AG Garland has defended the Justice Dept.'s handling of separate special counsel investigations into classified documents linked to former President Trump and President Biden, saying it does not have different rules for Republicans and Democrats.
Jan. 24, 2023, 3:19 AM UTCAttorney General Merrick Garland on Monday defended the Justice Department's handling of separate special counsel investigations into classified documents linked to former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, saying it does not have different rules for Republicans and Democrats.at Biden's home in Delaware, Garland was asked whether he believed the Justice Department was handling the two probes fairly.
“The department has a set of norms and practices," he said."These are essential for us to continue. They ensure that we adhere to the rule of law. These mean, among other things, that we do not have different rules for Democrats or Republicans, different rules for the powerful and the powerless, different rules for the rich or for the poor. We apply the facts and the law in each case in a neutral, nonpartisan manner.
Garland spoke at a roundtable discussion with members of the Justice Department Reproductive Task Force as Republicans have accused the Justice Department of treating Trump and Biden differently after classified documents from Trump's administration were found at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida and classified documents from the Obama administration were discovered at Biden's Wilmington home and a Washington office he had used.
“The role of the Justice Department is to apply the facts and the law in each case and reach appropriate decisions in a nonpartisan and neutral way without regard to who the subjects are,” added Garland, who was nominated by Biden. “That is what we’ve done in each of these cases. And that is what we’ll continue to do.”
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