U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to tell a Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday that he runs a nonpolitical department that does not do the bidding of the president or lawmakers.
"Our job is not to take orders from the president, from Congress, or from anyone else, about who or what to criminally investigate," Garland is planning to tell a House Judiciary Committee hearing due to begin at 10 a.m. EDT . "I am not the president’s lawyer. I will also add that I am not Congress’s prosecutor. The Justice Department works for the American people."
Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, has pleaded not guilty to those charges and two other criminal indictments he faces in New York and Georgia. Republicans have also been critical of the department's handling of a five-year-long tax investigation into Hunter Biden, 53. Weiss' office this month charged Hunter Biden with three counts related to purchase and possession of a firearm while he was using illegal drugs. Hunter Biden intends to plead not guilty.
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