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Top Cop Goes Before Senate
Attorney General Merrick Garland faced a bevy of questions today from Republican senators, particularly focused on what they say is the politicization of the DOJ against Christians and conservatives. Here’s what Daily Wire Managing Editor Greg Wilson told the Morning Wire podcast:
Garland was put through the wringer Wednesday as GOP lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled him on everything from topics such as the lack of arrests against left-wing protesters outside of U.S. Supreme court justices’ homes, to alleged anti-conservative bias within the DOJ. He was also asked whether or not America should designate drug cartels in Mexico as terrorist organizations, and there was a particularly heated back and forth between Missouri Senator Josh Hawley and Garland regarding the DOJ’s use of force against now-acquitted pro-life father…
