Merrick Garland, attorney general at the Department of Justice, would not commit to providing lawmakers with any and all communications between his department and prosecutors’ offices that have pursued cases against former president Donald Trump.
On Tuesday, Garland visited Capitol Hill to testify as part of an oversight hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee. GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida grilled the attorney general on his department’s relationship with a variety of local prosecutors’ offices that have either sued or charged Trump in recent months.
One of those cases resulted in an unprecedented ruling last week. A New York City jury sided with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, finding Trump guilty of 34 felony counts, the first time in American history a current or former U.S. president has been found guilty of a crime.
Naming Bragg’s office alongside that…
