Parts of this Garland hearing feel like a hangover from 2020, with Rs daring Ds to break with their most far-left activists and Ds saying "sure!"
So Hawley's defund-the-police Q gets this A: "President Biden has said he doesn't support defunding the police, and neither do I."
So Hawley's defund-the-police Q gets this A: "President Biden has said he doesn't support defunding the police, and neither do I."
Hawley in particular seems to be asking accidental softballs, like whether Garland will "politicize" investigations. I bet he says he won't!
As usual, Cotton is much more effective, asking Garland why he can't be as definitive about letting ongoing investigations continue as Barr was.
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