{"id":1974875,"date":"2023-07-17T06:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T10:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-wray-hearing-attention-turns-to-merrick-garland\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T06:08:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T10:08:39","slug":"after-wray-hearing-attention-turns-to-merrick-garland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-wray-hearing-attention-turns-to-merrick-garland\/","title":{"rendered":"After Wray hearing, focus shifts to Merrick Garland."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-wray-hearing-attention-turns-to-merrick-garland%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974875&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Republicans Seek Answers from\u200c FBI \u2063Director\u200c Christopher Wray<\/h2>\n<p>House Republicans\u200d left a recent hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray feeling unsatisfied. Their questions about\u200b sensitive \u200ccriminal \u2064investigations involving\u200c former President \u200bDonald \u2064Trump and the Biden family went\u200d unanswered. However, they won&#8217;t have to\u2063 wait long\u200c for another opportunity to \u200dseek the answers they desire.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2062approximately eight weeks, Attorney \u2062General Merrick Garland will \u2062appear\u200d before the House Judiciary Committee. This upcoming \u2064testimony holds \u200bthe \u200bpotential\u200d for \u2064more productive discussions, especially\u2062 considering the release \u2063of new documents and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-gives-speech-at-reagan-library\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley gives speech at Reagan Library\">whistleblower testimony<\/a> that could\u2064 provide\u2063 valuable\u2062 insights\u200d for GOP\u2063 lawmakers.<\/p>\n<h3>Limitations \u2063of Wray&#8217;s \u2064Testimony<\/h3>\n<p>During \u2063Wray&#8217;s appearance\u2063 before the\u2064 House Judiciary\u200d Committee,\u200b the \u200bmost contentious \u2062exchanges revolved around decisions that may\u2063 have been made\u200d beyond \u2063his authority. These \u200cdecisions included\u2062 the\u200c controversial\u2064 prosecution \u2064of an \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-remember-the-48th-annual-march-for-life\/\" title=\"Americans remember the 48th annual March for Life\">anti-abortion activist<\/a>,\u2064 allegations of roadblocks in \u200dcharging\u2064 Hunter Biden\u200d with \u200dfinancial\u2063 crimes, and the differing paces of \u2062the Trump \u2063and\u2062 Biden investigations.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2062is \u2064important to note\u2064 that these decisions \u200dlikely originated \u2062from \u200dthe\u2064 Justice\u2064 Department rather\u200c than \u2062the \u2062FBI \u200bfield offices responsible for \u2063executing them.<\/p>\n<h3>Garland&#8217;s \u200bTestimony \u2064Holds Promise<\/h3>\n<p>Attorney\u2062 General Garland&#8217;s\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-wray-hearing-attention-turns-to-merrick-garland\/\" title=\"After Wray hearing, focus shifts to Merrick Garland.\">upcoming \u2062testimony carries \u200dsignificant weight<\/a>. Recent whistleblower\u2063 testimony has directly contradicted his previous statements regarding U.S. Attorney David \u200cWeiss. Two IRS whistleblowers, set to testify publicly before the \u2062House Oversight \u2064Committee, \u2063claim that Weiss was denied permission to charge Hunter\u200c Biden in two\u2064 jurisdictions overseen \u200dby\u200b U.S. attorneys\u200d appointed by \u2062President\u200d Joe \u200bBiden.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, these whistleblowers allege that \u2063the Justice\u2063 Department hindered investigators by impeding\u200c the use of specific tools, \u200dsuch as \u200csearch warrants and witness interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Wray,\u2063 Garland\u200b will\u2062 not \u2064have\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-bans-officials-in-olympics-neighborhood-from-fleeing-coronavirus-outbreak\/\" title=\"China Bans Officials in Olympics Neighborhood from Fleeing Coronavirus Outbreak\">higher authorities<\/a> to \u2063defer \u2063to\u200d when questioned about controversial \u2062decisions. As the \u2062ultimate \u200bauthority overseeing the \u2062most contentious investigations of\u2064 recent \u2062years, Garland will face \u2062scrutiny for the actions taken\u2064 under his\u2063 leadership.<\/p>\n<h3>House Judiciary\u2063 Committee Tensions and Focus<\/h3>\n<p>Tensions between the\u200c House Judiciary \u2063Committee\u200d members\u200c and Garland have already begun\u2062 to rise \u2062ahead of the \u2064hearing. Chairman Jim Jordan has pressed Garland for a memo \u200coutlining \u200dthe scope \u200dof\u2063 special \u200dcounsel Jack Smith&#8217;s\u200b investigation \u200binto \u2064Trump.<\/p>\n<p>One of\u200c the \u200bkey\u2062 focuses\u2064 of Garland&#8217;s\u200c September \u200cappearance will likely \u2064be\u200c the contradiction between \u200bwhistleblower\u200c testimonies and the \u200cstatements made \u2064by Garland \u200cand Weiss. Garland has denied any\u2064 roadblocks faced by\u2063 Weiss, while\u2062 Weiss has \u2062denied \u2063interference while acknowledging discussions\u2063 about \u2063obtaining special \u200bauthorities from the \u200cJustice Department.<\/p>\n<p>Overall,\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/durham-addressed-crossfire-hurricane-and-fbi-misconduct-in-private-intel-hearing\/\" title=\"Durham discussed Crossfire Hurricane and FBI misconduct in confidential Intel hearing.\">upcoming testimony<\/a> from Attorney\u200b General \u200dGarland \u2063holds the promise\u2063 of\u200d shedding light on the\u2063 unanswered questions \u2062and controversies surrounding the FBI&#8217;s\u2064 investigations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click \u200chere<\/a> to read \u2063more from \u200cThe\u200c Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans left a hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray without satisfactory answers. However, they will have another opportunity in eight weeks to ask their questions. Some GOP lawmakers are advocating for Biden&#8217;s impeachment, but leadership remains cautious. Wray&#8217;s reluctance to discuss Trump&#8217;s criminal investigations has raised concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1974876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}