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October 21, 2021

Garland grilled on school board memo, Hunter Biden, Jan. 6 at House Judiciary hearing

Attorney General Merrick Garland faced tough questions on a wide range of subjects Thursday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing dedicated to oversight of the Justice Department at a time when the agency is in the middle of several high-profile cases and controversies.

October 21, 2021

Garland doesn't say if he sought ethics guidance regarding ties to son-in-law's CRT-promoting company

Attorney General Merrick Garland refused to say Thursday whether he sought ethics guidance concerning his son-in-law’s business, which pushes critical race theory-related ideas and provides services to school districts nationwide, before he issued his explosive memo this month saying the FBI will investigate threats by parents against school board members.

October 21, 2021

Garland denies DOJ labeling parents as domestic terrorists following school board memo

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday denied claims that the Justice Department would label parents as domestic terrorists following a recent memorandum he sent to DOJ employees.

October 21, 2021

Sen. Kennedy slams Biden's chaotic crises response

Sen. John Kennedy torches Biden on 'Hannity' over the administration's chaotic handling of American crises: 'try harder not to suck.'

October 20, 2021

Garland expected to face intense questioning on controversial school board memo, other ongoing crises

Texas' abortion ban, voting rights, the border crisis and the Jan. 6 riots could all come up as big topics that have caught attention during Attorney General Merrick Garland's brief time leading the Department of Justice.

October 19, 2021

Seventeen states ask Biden, Garland to stop intimidating parents into silence at school board meetings

Seventeen state attorneys general penned a letter to President Biden and Merrick Garland demanding a cease to “scare tactics” used by the federal government to intimidate parents into silence at school board meetings.

October 19, 2021

America First Legal appeals denial of FOIA request on DOJ targeting school board 'violence'

America First Legal filed an appeal Tuesday after the Department of Justice denied expedited processing of their Freedom of Information Act request seeking information on the department's October memo promising to combat 'threats of violence' against school boards and teachers

October 19, 2021

Law enforcement blame 'defund the police,' liberal prosecutors for dramatic spike in assaults on police

Law enforcement leaders are pinning blame on the "defund the police" movement and liberal soft-on-crime prosecutors for the dramatic rise of assaults and violence toward police officers in 2020, which increased by 4,000 attacks from 2019.

October 18, 2021

America First Legal request for expedited FOIA on DOJ targeting school board 'violence' denied

The Department of Justice denied a request by America First Legal for expedited processing of a Freedom of Information Act request seeking information from the DOJ on its October memo.

October 16, 2021

US Commission on Civil Rights members blast AG Garland for memo on parents protesting school boards

Four out of the eight members of the U.S Commission on Civil Rights have penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, chastising him for his recent memo regarding parents who protest school boards.