Garland to Rebuke Attacks on Justice Dept.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, going through a contempt vote in Congress, will lash out at House Republicans on Tuesday, accusing his critics of in search of to undermine the rule of regulation, peddling “conspiracy theories” and spreading falsehoods, in line with his ready remarks.

The normally mild-mannered Mr. Garland is predicted to push again in opposition to the false accusation that the Justice Department was one way or the other behind the prosecution and subsequent conviction of former President Donald J. Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying enterprise information to cowl up a intercourse scandal. The case was introduced by Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district lawyer who, as a neighborhood prosecutor, will not be below the management of Mr. Biden or his administration.

“That conspiracy concept is an assault on the judicial course of itself,” he’s anticipated to say in testimony he’ll ship to the House Judiciary Committee.

The committee and the House Oversight Committee advisable final month holding Mr. Garland in contempt for refusing to show over audio recordings of interviews that Robert Ok. Hur, the particular counsel, did with President Biden final yr. Mr. Hur finally cleared Mr. Biden of legal wrongdoing over his retention of categorised materials, regardless of faulting his reminiscence and dealing with of delicate paperwork. By distinction, prosecutors accused Mr. Trump of risking nationwide safety secrets and techniques by hoarding authorities information at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

“Certain members of this committee and the Oversight Committee are in search of contempt as a way of acquiring — for no legit objective — delicate regulation enforcement info that might hurt the integrity of future investigations,” Mr. Garland is predicted to say. He has argued that the recordings could possibly be altered and utilized in pro-Trump political advertisements.

“I can’t be intimidated,” his ready remarks proceed. “And the Justice Department won’t be intimidated.

Last month, President Biden asserted government privilege to disclaim House Republicans entry to the recordings, denouncing their effort as a political stunt with dire implications for federal regulation enforcement.

It got here two months after a transcript was made public.

The transfer was meant to defend the division, and Mr. Garland, from prosecution if House Republicans voted to carry him in contempt. They have but to schedule a ground vote.

Mr. Garland stated on the time that the bid by Republicans was the most recent in “a collection of unprecedented and, frankly, unfounded assaults” on the division and the rule of regulation.

On Tuesday, Mr. Garland is predicted to inform Republicans that these efforts are feeding “heinous” threats in opposition to “particular person profession brokers” and prosecutors.

“These assaults haven’t, and they won’t, affect our determination making,” he’s anticipated to say.