{"id":562717,"date":"2021-06-13T15:37:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T19:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=562717"},"modified":"2021-06-13T15:37:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T19:37:19","slug":"doj-faces-criticism-for-defending-president-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-faces-criticism-for-defending-president-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ faces criticism for defending President Trump"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fdoj-faces-criticism-for-defending-president-trump%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=562717&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--><div id=\"attachment_2422871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2422871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland at the Justice Department in Washington. (Tom Brenner\/The New York Times via AP, Pool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:24 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, June 13, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice has faced scrutiny for siding with President Trump on a defamation suit. The DOJ announced it would continue to represent Trump in the suit filed by an alleged rape victim for comments he made about her while in office.<\/p>\n<p>Critics are concerned on the DOJ\u2019s stance and argued the agency should represent the people of the U.S. over a president they claim to be unfavorable. However, Garland assured he represents American\u2019s first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe essence of the rule of law is what I said when I accepted the nomination for Attorney General,\u201d he expressed. It is that like cases be treated like, that there not be one rule for Democrats and another for Republicans, that there not be one rule for friends and another for foes.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheJusticeDept<\/a> should not spend taxpayer dollars to defend former President Trump from a defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll. Their decision to do so is profoundly misguided. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CkgrdvktGg\">pic.twitter.com\/CkgrdvktGg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Nadler (@RepJerryNadler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJerryNadler\/status\/1402420347257896960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Garland made the comments before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. He went on to assert that he \u201cbacks the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rnc-may-not-participate-in-network-television-debates-if-major-reforms-are-not-implemented\/\">RNC May Not Participate In Network Television Debates If Major Reforms Are Not Implemented<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland at the Justice Department in Washington. 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