Attorney General Merrick Garland denied involvement in one of his former top deputies taking a key role in prosecuting former president Donald Trump in his Manhattan hush-money trial.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) questioned Garland on Tuesday during a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on the trajectory of Matthew Colangelo’s career. Colangelo served as the third-highest-ranking official in the Department of Justice before he joined Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office to take a lead role in prosecuting Trump.
Gaetz accused Garland of “dispatching” Colangelo as part of a coordinated strategy to attack Trump, who is challenging President Joe Biden for the White House in 2024.
“That is false. I did not dispatch Matthew Colangelo,” Garland responded.
Gaetz pushed the attorney general on Colangelo’s career, expressing skepticism that Colangelo’s shift from senior…
