'Nothing but hypocrisy': House GOP doubtful DOJ will charge Garland like former Trump aides

House Republicans are skeptical that the Department of Justice will act on their newly passed criminal referral against Attorney General Merrick Garland. Multiple GOP lawmakers argued it would be hypocritical of the DOJ not to act, given the recent prosecutions and guilty verdicts for former Trump administration aides Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon following similar referrals.

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., said when asked if he anticipated the DOJ following through on the House’s will, 'Garland’s gonna take up his own contempt resolution? Not likely.' 'There's nothing but hypocrisy, especially considering the fact that President Trump cited executive privilege for Steve Bannon, and Merrick Garland had moved forward anyway,' Donalds said.

Hur’s findings cleared Biden of wrongdoing in his handling of classified documents, but also said the 81-year-old president presented himself 'as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,' and that 'it would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him-by then a former president well into his eighties-of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.

The DOJ followed through on two of three criminal referrals sent to them by the previous Democrat-controlled Congress but did not act on a third criminal contempt resolution aimed at former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Meadows, Bannon and Navarro were all targeted for dodging subpoenas from the now-defunct House select committee investigating January 6.

think there's ample evidence that he is in contempt, and I hope that they'll not be hypocritical. I mean, it'd be a sad day for America,' he said. Garland took an indirect shot at Republicans’ pushback on the DOJ in a Washington Post op-ed on Tuesday morning. 'In recent weeks, we have seen an escalation of attacks that go far beyond public scrutiny, criticism, and legitimate and necessary oversight of our work. They are baseless, personal and dangerous,' he wrote.

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