Merrick Garland, Joe Biden’s pick to be attorney general, soon will be informing Americans, through his actions, whether he is the “apolitical” law enforcement expert he promised to be, or not.
That’s the verdict from constitutional expert Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University.
Turley has testified multiple times before Congress as an expert on the Constitution.
His comments arose because of a referral by members of Congress of Hunter Biden and James Biden to the Department of Justice for lying to Congress.
The question now is what will Garland do with those referrals, which he is not required to prosecute.
Turley wrote, “For each of us, there often comes a moment when our principles are put to an undeniable and unavoidable test. It may be as simple as cheating on a test, shoplifting a product, or admitting to a wrong. It is natural to want to avoid such moments, particularly when we cannot even admit to ourselves that we may not be the person we have long claimed.