Garland Contempt Clash Only Proves Special Counsel Was Never Independent

The AG is not withholding Hur’s work. He is withholding his own work.

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Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., June 4, 2024.

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I’m sorry to see the Garland contempt citation by the GOP-controlled House. Not because Attorney General Merrick Garland is undeserving of censure. The censure is appropriate. No, I’m sorry to see this spectacle because it is futile, and it is emblematic of Congress’s dysfunction — and the government’s, broadly speaking.

The Justice Department is withholding the recording of President Biden’s interview by former special counsel Robert Hur. That evidence should obviously be disclosed.

Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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