'We will not be intimidated,' he'll tell the House Judiciary Committee.
after a plea deal between Weiss and Hunter Biden's lawyers fell apart in court in July.
"Our job is not to take orders from the President, from Congress, or from anyone else, about who or what to criminally investigate," Garland will say. "As the President himself has said, and I reaffirm here today: I am not the President’s lawyer. I will also add that I am not Congress’s prosecutor. The Justice Department works for the American people."Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.
Rep. Jim Jordan arrives for closed-door testimony with Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, with the House Oversight Committee at the O'Neill House Office Building July 31, 2023 in Washington, D.C.Several Republicans on the committee, including chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, have previously threatened to initiate impeachment proceedings against Garland over the department's handling of the criminal probe into Hunter Biden.
Both Garland and Smith haven't directly responded to the allegations about Bratt, though in remarks both have maintained the officials working on the investigations have acted with professionalism.
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