Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., referred to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland as a “dirty cop” after Garland claimed that the Department of Justice was impartial.
“He is a dirty cop,” Tenney said on the Friday edition of the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show. “Don’t let anybody think anything otherwise. That’s why they’re doing all these press conferences.”
Garland delivered a speech on Thursday where he said the department remains impartial, amid claims that the DOJ is being weaponized for political purposes.
“Our norms are a promise that we will fiercely protect the independence of this Department from political interference in our criminal investigations. Our norms are a promise that we will not allow this Department to be used as a political weapon,” he said in his speech. […]
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