Garland Underscores Justice Department’s Independence

“Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday defended the Justice Department after its continued support of some Trump administration legal positions drew criticism from fellow Democrats and the White House,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The disagreement—which some legal observers said President Biden courted by selecting an attorney general committed to operating independently—surfaced this week when the Justice Department announced it would continue its defense of former President Donald Trump in a defamation suit stemming from a decades-old rape allegation by journalist E. Jean Carroll.”