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‘Hapless’ AG Garland ‘Should Resign’ After Failure to Arrest Protestors Outside Justices’ Homes: Sen. Tom Cotton

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to resign or face impeachment proceedings following inaction after radical demonstrators persisted to break the law by protesting in front of Supreme Court justices’ private residences. Cotton appeared for an interview on Fox News Thursday after the incident where an armed man, later identified as…


Don’t Fall for the Myth of Moderate Merrick Garland

Commentary For years we were subjected to hysteria over the idea that Donald Trump would politicize the very Justice Department that arguably led the bureaucracy’s war against him. Now, open criticism of the DOJ by the party genuinely in control of it has been deemed acceptable. Leading Democrats are apparently fed up with an attorney…


Bipartisan Hill Leaders Press Garland on Promise to Tighten Feds’ FOIA Compliance

A bipartisan group of Senate and House leaders wants Attorney General Merrick Garland to remind federal agency heads they are required by law to make public documents sought under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), unless they have a solid legal reason to do otherwise. Their Feb. 23 letter was prompted by Garland’s failure in…


Senate Judiciary Republicans Laying Groundwork for Wider Probe of School Board Letter Scandal

Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans, led by Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, are asking lots of detailed questions concerning federal targeting of parents who voice their opinions at local school board meetings. The extensive details sought by the Judiciary Republicans from Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Education Michael…


Attorney General Garland Vows to Prosecute Perpetrators ‘At Any Level’ Over Jan 6

The Justice Department “remains committed to holding all January 6th perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law,” Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged in a speech just shy of the one-year anniversary of the breach of the U.S. Capitol building. “Those who assaulted officers or damaged the Capitol face greater charges. Those who conspired with others…


Hate Crimes in US, Including on Houses of Worship, Increasing, FBI Says

Hate crimes in the United States could surpass last year’s surge in attacks nationwide, with a rise in hate incidents targeting Houses of worship, from Jewish synagogues and Catholic churches to Muslim Mosques and Buddhist temples. According to Axios, the number of hate crime incidents reported nationwide this year could exceed 2020’s figures when the…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Oct. 21)

The House approved a contempt resolution against Steve Bannon, lawmakers questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland on his memo targeting parents at school board meetings, and volunteers are helping to patrol the southern border to protect local communities from the surge of migrants.


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (October 21)

The House approved a contempt resolution against Steve Bannon, lawmakers questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland on his memo targeting parents at school board meetings, and volunteers are helping to patrol the southern border to protect local communities from the surge of migrants.


Garland Tells Lawmakers He Missed Leftist Demonstrators Attack on Interior Department

Attorney General Merrick Garland was caught flat-footed when Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) held up two large photographs, one showing Jan. 6 demonstrators breaking into the Capitol and the other demonstrators assaulting the Department of Interior on Oct. 14. When the Florida congressman asked Garland during a House Judiciary Committee hearing if the October event was…


GOP Congress Members Demand Answers From DOJ about Parents’ Free Speech Rights

House Judiciary Committee Republicans sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding an ethics review and public report regarding the AG’s memo, which directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. Attorneys to use law enforcement to investigate parents who “intimidate” school board members. “This letter is to express our serious concerns about…