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☆ The Hunter Biden Whistleblowers
  + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Credible IRS whistleblowers are accusing the Justice Department of blocking investigators in the Hunter Biden probe from following leads that involved President Biden. Images: AP/Zuma Press/The News Journal Composite: Mark KellyWith each day it’s getting harder to believe Attorney General Merrick Garland ’s insistence that there was no interference in the Hunter Biden case. A month ago President Biden’s son was given a deal on tax and gun charges that probably means no prison time. Now comes Wednesday’s testimony by two IRS whistleblowers, who say their attempt to investigate Hunter faced unprecedented meddling.
Persons: Hunter Biden, Biden, Mark Kelly, Merrick Garland ’, Biden’s, Hunter Organizations: Department, Zuma Press
☆ Two Presidents, Two Special Counsels
  + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Hear that quacking sound from Washington? It’s Attorney General Merrick Garland ’s latest duck. Faced with news that classified documents were recently found not only in a private office of President Biden’s but also his Delaware home, including in the garage, Mr. Garland on Thursday named another special counsel. “I strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity,” Mr. Garland said. “But under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel.” He claimed this would make clear the Justice Department’s “commitment to both independence and accountability.” The new special counsel is Robert Hur , who clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist before starting a career as a federal prosecutor.
☆ Jack Smith Brings Broad Resume, Low Political Profile to High-Visibility Post
  + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Aruna Viswanatha | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WASHINGTON—When John L. “Jack” Smith surfaced on Attorney General Merrick Garland ’s radar as a prospect to serve as special counsel overseeing investigations connected to former President Donald Trump, he had several things working in his favor. Mr. Smith had a wide-ranging prosecutorial career on the local, national and international levels, handling a range of complex investigations that involved some of the most serious offenses committed by government officials, including corruption and war crimes.
☆ Merrick Garland’s Special Counsel Mistake on Trump
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Merrick Garland ’s decision Friday to appoint a special counsel in the criminal investigations of Donald Trump is almost certainly a mistake, as such appointments usually are. This won’t offer the Attorney General the political insulation he is seeking, and it won’t change the inherently political nature of any decision to prosecute. “Based on recent developments, including the former President’s announcement that he is a candidate for President in the next election, and the sitting President’s stated intention to be a candidate as well, I have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint a Special Counsel,” Mr. Garland said at the Justice Department. “Such an appointment underscores the Department’s commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters.”
☆ Merrick Garland and a Michigan Mother
  + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The National School Boards Association has apologized for its infamous letter to President Biden last September suggesting “threats” and “acts of violence” at raucous public school board meetings “could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism.” But Attorney General Merrick Garland ’s memo to the FBI to investigate parents still stands. And if you want to understand why parents are still upset, look no further than what happened to a Michigan mother who complained to the Chippewa Valley school board. Sandra Hernden ’s son Conor has special needs, and since the Covid pandemic she’s been complaining that the board’s policies—from closures to virtual learning—led to her son’s GPA dropping to 1.5 from 3.5. Board members responded to her criticism by reporting her first to her then-employer, the Harper Woods police department, and then to the Department of Justice.
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