Thread by @atrupar

Catching up on Merrick Garland's testimony to the House Judiciary Committee. Will post some notable moments from the questioning in this thread.

Nadler began things by debunking the notion that the DOJ has taken it easy on Hunter Biden

Grilled by Rep. Bishop, Garland repeatedly insists that Weiss (who was nominated by Trump) had full authority to make charging decisions pertaining to Hunter Biden

Garland to Jim Jordan: "There's one more fact that's important, and that's that this investigation was being conducted by Mr. Weiss, an appointee of President Trump."

Jim Jordan's latest galaxy-brain conspiracy theory is that Biden decided to let a Trump-appointed US attorney stay on as part of a plot to protect Hunter Biden

Rep. Steve Cohen to Garland: "They say the department has been weaponized. Wasn't there an investigation of Mr. Gaetz and you didn't prosecute him?"

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@SnapStream Rep. Hank Johnson points out the obvious hypocrisy of Republicans obsessing over Hunter Biden while not caring about Jared Kushner

@SnapStream Schiff accuses Jim Jordan of turning the Judiciary Committee into "a criminal defense firm for the former president" and warns that Republicans are pushing for a Trump dictatorship

@SnapStream Schiff points out rightfully that Republicans would've screamed bloody murder had Biden fired Weiss, who was appointed by Trump. And now they are screaming because Biden didn't fire him.

@SnapStream Swalwell to Garland: "My colleague just said you should be held in contempt of Congress. And that is quite rich because the guy who is leaving the hearing room right now, Mr Jordan, is about 500 days into evading his subpoena ... are you serious?"

@SnapStream Lieu: "The people who showed up on January 6 to attack the nation's Capitol were supporters of Donald Trump ... [that fact] was so horrible that some in the right-wing media and some Republicans member of Congress could not handle that, so they made up conspiracy theories."

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@SnapStream Wow. I've never seen Garland this mad.

"The idea that someone with my family background would discriminate against any religion is so outrageous, so absurd!" he says to Rep. Jeff Van Drew

@SnapStream Garland's testimony is interrupted by someone yelling about Assange

@SnapStream the linear nature of time, explained for Andy Biggs

@SnapStream BIGGS: Is it consistent with DOJ policy to give people a heads up so they can move boxes of information?

GARLAND: You're asking me to comment on a particular case

BIGGS: Forget Delaware and what they did

GARLAND: I'm sorry, I thought you were asking about Mar-a-Lago

@SnapStream Tom Tiffany really put Garland in a box here

@SnapStream Tom Tiffany is laser focused on the biggest problems facing Wisconsin residents

@SnapStream here's Republican Rep. Ken Buck using his questioning time to defend Garland

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Rep. Victoria Spartz defends January 6 insurrectionists, some of whom she claims showed up with "strollers and kids"

"Pipe down!" -- Troy Nehls seems nice

Hutter Biden!

"Repent before God and reap what you sow" -- someone trash talks Garland as he leaves the hearing