Merrick Garland Breaks the Law

Attorney General Merrick Garland has issued a memo blocking Justice Department employees from communicating with members of Congress in the wake of stunning whistleblower disclosures regarding the FBI probe into Hunter Biden’s business affairs.

The little Dictator won't tolerate folks telling on him to the people's representatives..... Shocking.

Garland chooses self preservation over rule of law. This guy needs to be immediately fired.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/31/merrick-garland-bans-doj-employees-talking-congres/

 

Horse hockey. The final bit reminds specifically that all Whistleblower rules remain fully in effect. As to the rest it was a reminder of rules that have largely existed for decades.

 

LOl.. You got hooked by that, huh... In the meantime, he's threatening folks jobs because ... wait for it.... all of the incriminating info whistleblowers are providing to the congress... That sounds super conflicted, huh.. It's the "wink to the law, but the draconian policy for the truppen". approach. Do you suppose that whistleblowers will feel like they are valued, and won't be attacked by Garland? Really?

 

Living in a country mired in corruption tends to make one blind to it

 

Seems to me he is doing what Trump and Burr did when they were in office.

 

Does it? In what way?

 

What else does it need to say? It says "Trump" and it says "Burr" (which I suspect is supposed to be "Barr". Using those two words in the same sentence is, by definition, a valid, irrefutable and perfect argument against anything!

For example, if I say, "Pickle sandwiches get soggy and taste gross" and then you respond with "Trump and Barr" you automatically win the argument and the person that used the T&B argument gets 10000 internet award points.

 

Moonie cult rag says wut?

 

Wrong answer.... "all Whistleblower rules remain fully in effect" within the DOJ, not Congress... The first bit is about talking within the DOJ and not talking to Congress.

 

fake news

 

Nothing the AG puts in a memo would supersede whistleblower laws.

The AG knows that, he wasn't talking about whistleblowers.

People really should stop spreading nonsense.

 

Right. Whistleblowers can still go to congress but they have to go through DoJ Legislative Affairs to get there.

 

Which in essence makes them no longer whistlblowers....

 

Well, I think they can still blow whistles but they can't talk to congress without DoJ approval. I mean, that's how transparency works. You have to make sure that your people, who are being transparent, only provide the right kind of transparency. We can't have transparent transparency when we don't know what kind of shade that transparency will cast on our totally transparent government agency.

 

Garland imposes new restrictions on political appointees at Justice Department

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday tightened restrictions on high-level employees at the Justice Department by prohibiting them from engaging in "partisan political activities." The policy change, announced in a memo a little more than two months before the midterm elections, reverses a long-standing department policy that allowed political appointees, also known as non-career employees, to attend fundraisers and campaign events as passive bystanders.

The new rules come on the heels of accusations of political bias from congressional Republicans and Trump supporters after the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate on Aug. 8.

“As Department employees, we have been entrusted with the authority and responsibility to enforce the laws of the United States in a neutral and impartial manner,” Garland wrote. “In fulfilling this responsibility, we must do all we can to maintain public trust and ensure that politics — both in fact and appearance — does not compromise or affect the integrity of our work.”

Garland’s directive followed memos from the acting assistant attorney general for administration, Jolene Lauria, reminding political appointees of existing policies about restrictions stemming from the Hatch Act, which is aimed at establishing a politically neutral workplace for government workers.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ju...litical-appointees-justice-departme-rcna45571

In Trumpworld, efforts directed at the impartiality of DoJ employees can be confusing after Billy the Bagman's duplicitous politicization of the dept.

 

yep, leakers are not Whistleblowers

 

McCarthy seems hesitant to launch an impeachment inquiry vote, but clearly, the Administration is going to continue obstructing until forced by the Court to comply, which, will likely require an impeachment hearing vote.

IRS Whistleblower Calls Merrick Garland's Bluff, Starts Naming Names

DIRTBAG MERRICK GARLAND IS A LIAR AND AN OBSTRUCTOR

'Garland responds to the IRS whistleblower who said U.S. Attorney David Weiss was told not to bring charges against Hunter Biden: "I don't know how it would be possible for anybody to block him from bringing a prosecution."'

Note that Dirtbag Merrick didn't simply say "NO" to a yes or no question.

'When further pressed on whether DOJ leadership stepped in at any point to stop Weiss from charging Hunter Biden with more serious crimes in other jurisdictions, Garland had this to say.'

AGAIN, A SIMPLE "NO" WAS ALL THAT WAS NEEDED.

'GARLAND: I’m saying he was given complete authority to make all decisions on his own.'

'It’s incredibly telling that when given the chance to just say “no,” Garland chose to hedge instead. After all, the question isn’t just whether Weiss had the authority to make decisions or not, but whether other DOJ officials, including possibly Garland, interfered in those decisions in some way.'

'That’s the charge that Shapley made in his testimony, which was given under oath before Congress. So who’s telling the truth? In response, Shapley put out a statement via his lawyers that can only be described as calling Garland’s bluff.'

'Statement from IRS Agent Gary Shapley's legal team: "In an October 7, 2022, meeting at the Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office, U.S. Attorney David Weiss told six witnesses he did not have authority to charge in other districts and had thus requested special counsel status. Those six witnesses include Baltimore FBI Special Agent in Charge Tom Sobocinski and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Ryeshia Holley, IRS Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gary Shapley and Special Agent in Charge Darrell Waldon,
who also independently and contemporaneously corroborated Mr. Shapley's account in an email, now public as Exhibit 10, following p. 148 of his testimony transcript. Mr. Shapley would have no insight into why Mr. Weiss's would make these statements at the October 7, 2022 meeting if they were false. That Mr. Weiss made these statements is easily corroborated, and it is up to him and the Justice Department to reconcile the evidence of his October 7, 2022 statements with contrary statements by Mr. Weiss and the Attorney General to Congress."'

'Astonishingly, Shapley is now actually naming the six witnesses present at the meeting in question, including members of the FBI and IRS investigative teams that were working the Hunter Biden case. That certainly adds to his credibility. If he weren’t telling the truth, there’s very little reason to believe Shapley would be naming names and essentially challenging others to go under oath about what was said.'

'Compare that to Garland’s response, which was coy at best, insisting that Weiss had the power to charge in any district while not actually answering whether he was ever stopped from doing so, if even with a “suggestion” from the upper levels of the DOJ.'

'For my money, the guy who is naming names and who has been willing to go under oath is far more believable than the guy hiding behind weasel phrases while refusing to answer basic questions. It’s fairly clear that the DOJ stepped in and put boundaries around Weiss.'

'The investigations into this aren’t going anywhere. Garland and Weiss better buckle up because it sure seems like Shapley has the receipts.'

 

Ooooh! “Redstate” is the source - what is the bet if I check them they will turn out to be on the extreme right with “ “questionable” levels of fact and truth

 

You used to seem more on the ball. The source is Gary Shapley.

 

Garland is a radical lefty weasel and that's why he didn't make it to the Supreme Court.

 

Yep... the left keeps regurgitating that Garland was a Trump pick...... when the facts show he was an Obama pick from way back...then the grown ups in the Senate seen what a radical lefty weasel he was as they made their selection.

 

And what law (please be specific) is Garland breaking?

 

Golly... what difference would it make if I cited the law here? He's clearly not protecting or defending the constitution, just his criminal co conspirator, Joe Biden. But you don't care. So why bother?

 

We'd all care if anything remotely close to what you farcically say is happening actually was happening.

 

Proper procedure for whistleblowers, is not to go to speak to a Congressman. It is to go to your agency's Inspector General (duh).