Mike Johnson Grills Attorney General Merrick Garland On Testimony From Hunter Biden Whistleblowers
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- At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) confronted Attorney General Merrick Garland about the investigation into Hunter Biden.
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All i have to say is thank God this guy didn't get to the Supreme Court...what a piece.
Yep, the only good thing the demented turtle ever did.
You're right. Thank god he's not in the SC with all of those treasonous self dealing, corrupt Republicans. Out here he can hold all of the Rep traitors accountable for their crimes. 91 indictments. HA HA HA. More to drop in the coming weeks. BEAUTIFUL!
Roger that! But was he appointed in his present position to enact revenge? If so, it seems obvious he likely was "installed" by direction of someone other than Biden.
You can say that again.
On the SC, even though it’s a lifetime appointment, Garland could get his vote overcome by conservative justices…he would have oversight. He has no oversight now
Garland belongs behind bars!
Delusional
@@jimako6hes correct. Surely you can see the snake like answers
Absolutely well said!
@dimitriossmernos5123 My man, if you can't see the corruption here, good luck !
Trump goes first. After all, he's the one facing 91 felony indictments. I just love how the party of law and order now is the party of "defund the FBI, the DOJ, the AG's, DA's Judges, juries, fed prosecutors are all corrupt, and oddly, all Dems. Well except that the FBI director is Trump appointed. Weiss is Trump appointed. Most law enforcement agents are Rep. Weird!
For the sake of the country these establishment criminals who disregard the law must be held accountable!
They're in the new world order
There is zero consequences for the evil of Merrill Garland
Get him !!
AG Merrick Garland needs to be locked up.
I would suggest garland and the rest should lawyer up and brace for impact. the game just changed. MAGA IS in charge. a new sheriff has been appointed
Why because your mad his locking trump up?
@@YoshiYosheda you need to wake up . he's not locking up anyone. also who uses their real name on the internet?
@@YoshiYosheda You haven't woke up yet.
The Republican Party has many CRIMINALS in the HOUSE OF CONGRESS, including Jim Jordan; one of the US TRAITORS, who wants to hide, searching the White House.
I suggest that FBI Wray and AG Garland be given 25 years in prison for every time that lie under Oath!!!
Agree. All of them are corrupt
Yes!!!
Mr Johnon is as good as it gets getting straight to the matter at hand and totally proves Garland is stonewalling, makes excuses, and chooses not to give us answers.
Selective memory loss, first sign of a liar !! Garland the liar. Impeachment is to good send him to prison for perjury
He’s A Traitor!!!
Rico act for all of them
@@MrLynch415 agreed, and a liar that will eventually get caught under oath.
@@robertlint4742 that would be great, maybe it leads to Obama and Pelosi as well 😃😃😃
To hear him tell it, he knows nothing about anything.
How much of a payoff did he receive from the Bidens!? 😢
Probably quite a bit
Plus the DNC
Check his and his family assets!!
CCP money
@@beyond_the_infinite2098 my Dad a WW2 veteran on his death bed 1983. Said watch out for China. He knew 😢😢😢
Head of DOJ: "I don't recollect any convos" This man needs to be arrested
WTF is a "promise" to a certain body have to do with be under oath to tell the truth? What a joke our government is.
I have great respect for Mike Johnson. He is wonderful . A true American...
go away Russian bot.
Why does he keep bringing up that Trump appointed Weiss? What does that have to do with anything?
@@lincolndachane1484 says the commie?!? 😂
@@TheFrenchPugbecause he is trying to deflect.
@andrecaron5475 And Trump really had no choice, right? That is all they presented him with. There we're no other options. I like how he leaves that out.
He need to be charged for treason against America
Trump? Oh Yeah, he backed V.Putin on live TV a Commie/KGB/Terrorist over all U.S intelligence. He was also caught on tape trying to get Ga Sec of state to switch enough Biden votes to him and declare him the winner. But yeah Trump should be charged for treason, no doubt.
There is something seriously wrong with the system when the head of a government department can refuse to answer simple questions from an Oversight Committee. Garland should be sacked and an investigation held into his actions.
Investigated for what exactly?
@@SpencerWilliamsIV For failing to prosecute an alleged criminal for political reasons.
@@geoffdrew5207 He appointed a special counsel to deal with the president's son. What are you on about?
@@anacc3257 Are you a fool? He is the boss, the buck stops with him. The fiasco with Hunter Biden has been going on for five years, how long does it normally take to prosecute a gun violation, a crime against the country or tax fraud in the US?
The criminals are in charge...
All Garland is doing is covering his ass and throwing everyone else under the bus. What a stand up guy. Wow.
They go through all those years in school to learn how to answer questions. Then they go into politics to learn how not to answer questions.
This guy is the head of Justice, and he can't answer a single answer straight.
Why would a whistleblower lie. They would just be silent. This statement does not pass the smell test.
Why would Sobocinski lie? He said that neither of the "whistleblowers" had access to the information they are claiming to know and he is saying that things did not happen the way they say.
Why would the "whistleblowers" lie? Well first of all, as Garland was hinting, neither of them followed whistleblower protocol, so they are not whistleblowers.
Shapely claimed that he was retaliated against during the Trump/Bar administration (wtf). When you dig deeper into the so-called retaliation, what we learn is that he was reprimanded by his management for referring to Joe Biden as "the big guy" in official reports. You may think that's funny, but a DA who is concerned about filing charges knows that this will come out and a defense lawyer will use it to suggest bias by the investigators. So, of course management is going to try and shut that unprofessional nonsense down.
Zeigler has a similar infraction. He was talking about the Joe Biden - Viktor Shokin thing as apparent bribe. Since there are two Congressional committees that have cleared Biden, in a court of law, this would be considered a conspiracy theory and a sign of bias by one of the investigators. As whistleblowers go, these two were some of the worst. They have likely sabotaged any legitimate case against Hunter.
As amazing as what you would do with some greenbacks waved under your nose😂
@@conehead210 maybe , but I doubt it these people are Career employees with sparkling records people who believe in this country and finally spoke up. Sad thing is Dems used to love whistleblowers and even enacted laws to protect them and now they trample the same laws they fought for. I think money was not an issue unless their name was Biden.
@@scytaleghola5969 yes and Dems do exactly the same things. Look at Garland and Wray just try to get an answer from either. Republicans are persistent and keep asking Garland the same questions months apart and his answers vary, seemed a bit funny to me. He looked panicked and was quick to try to change the subject. His volume also got louder when he felt threatened.
@@scytaleghola5969
What committees cleared Biden re. Shokin?
Mike Johnson my man!!! God bless & protect you & those that help you.
It hilarious that he's so quick to answer the first question then seems to get an instant case of Alzheimer's
My God these guys make criminals in prison look like choir boys.
Except they have the full power of the government behind them.
The Mafia didn't sell out our country, like Crime Boss Crooked Joey Biden. Joey shared an office at PENN with a Chinese government official, where stolen top secret documents were found. Stolen by Senator and later VP Joey Biden. Biden had no authority to remove and retain top secret documents.
so true
Which guys
@@izleszki do you know what clueless means?
The Military Police under Congressional Action should be able to escort Merrick Garland to the DC jail until he's able to come up with answers! That would stop a lot of BS!
i wonder why Romney think maga is anti-constitutional....?
Not just until, but keep him in jail for ever.
We do need a bigger jail in DC
I agree, Garlands needs to b impeached and arrested
Unbelievable I am lost for words , this man is unbelievable, when ????? When is something going to be done with theses people 😡
This is mind-numbing! Clearly, our chief law enforcement officer is a lying crook. Wow!
It's always astounding to me that the leaders of the "intelligence community" can never seem to remember anything important.
It's called "selective memory". Nor to be blamed on or confused with the obvious ailment the present CIC is afflicted with. But in those that are actually running the executive branch vicariously.
Either that or they instruct the investigators to not tell them anything. That way they can use the Garland line that he doesn't know anything about the case in question.
Garland should be in jail, period.. And why are we using hard earned money, to fund this.?
@@jerryrollins512it’s called departmentalization. Over the history of these departments, ignorance is bliss. You cant purger or incriminate yourself if you “don’t know anything”. It’s completely disgusting how much freedom these agencies have over the American people without being held accountable to the constitution.
It’s probably just too much paper work to go through.
Love Congressman Johnson!!! Go get them!
Is there not one honest man left in our government? Is there no one with legitimate authority to bring these long tongued liars and theives to heel? Is there not one lawyer with enough courage to file a charge and plead our cause before a court? If not, then we as a nation are already gone.
"I don't recollect the answer to that question..." Translation: I do not know how to lie well enough to evade answering this question.
"Just because I have chocolate icing around my mouth doesn't mean I ate a piece of chocolate cake" .... pretty much sums up the answers he gave to the simplist of questions. The arrogance of this administration is incredibly amazing!
You're ignoring the facts, just like Mike Johnson here. The other jurisdictions simply decided to not file charges after reviewing the facts of the case, not because of anything the DOJ did. This has already been established by others in the room.
@@dr.butttoot9512 - Are you laughing because Hunter has been charged with felonies, so Mike Johnson's argument makes no sense? Remember, Republicans started this false narrative when they thought he was going to get off...but now he's not, so it just looks really silly, right?
@tysongauch7858 lmfao his past comments 🤣 😂 💀
Definitely a DF for sure
@@dr.butttoot9512 - Trump lost.
@Johhny_McMerica lmfao nobody said he didn't?
Who said Trump? We got another TDS case i didn't believe it was real but so many ppl you don't agree as them and it has to be trump 🤣🤣
What a joke
"And I would have gotten away with it too, if not for those meddling kids" - Merrick Garland 😮
Gotten away with what? Actually getting Hunter Biden charged? You make no sense.
BOOM Tastic
Hahaha! Right?
We got a problem. How can our House structure work when Senate can require his absence or ask him not to interfere during an investigation? In fact, who can go to their boss and say, "Don't supervise this investigation. I need you to stay out of it."?
I truly hope someone helps to bring clarity on our House structure and why certain things should never be permissible and seen as "red flags" and be required to be supervised frequently for suspicious requests... that's how I believe it should have been done.
Mike should have asked, "Why would you make such a promise since it was your duty to ensure they weren't breaking any laws? Isn't that why we have this House structure? So that no one can do things in secret? How is that going to help anyone, when now, anybody can do anything without being supervised. Let me ask you something. Do you believe it was wise to change your Constitutional duties when the People relied on you to uphold your oath? You do know that's a part of your job, right? Have you ever given anyone else any special permission not to interfere with their investigations? I just want to know how many cases there are of you refusing to do your duties and turning the other way. We cannot do that here. Nothing like that can ever happen here. No man or woman who takes oath can take it upon themselves to change these rules, as they fit or for whoever they favor. That's called favoritism. I doubt you did this for many other people, am I correct? With that being said, I'm going to push for a motion to have you removed from your duties, sir. You cannot simply turn a blind eye and not remain informed. This is your responsibility. Because you recused yourself from being involved, now, it's more difficult to know what happened. To my colleagues in the House, I strongly push for a motion to remove Merrick Garland from his position of office. Perhaps, we need to start making improvements as we go, finding the root cause for the delay in Justice, the Pursuit of Truth, and the gathering of facts and evidence. It's clear we need to stop the cycle of repeated abuse. In order to accomplish that, we need to utilize FACTS and UPHOLD the Law and hold our colleagues accountable when they break that Law, don't you agree Mr. Garland? Well, in order to begin making improvements, we have to now ensure enforcement of House rules with respect to its structure. It's the only civil order we have and we can never acheive the goals outlined in the Preamble without it. With that I yield back." That's what Mike should have said.
Its time for ACROSS THE BOARD firings of ANY ELECTED or APPOINTED Officials, serving our country, that will not answer questions under oath. I AM TIRED OF THE HUBRIS of these "ABOVE THE LAW" individuals
Mike Johnson is a cogent, logical, and very solid questioner. I really like this man. Hope he aspires to higher office.
Totally agree.
So delusional the enemy within mj using word salad
WHAT ?!?
“My testimony is that I promised you something, but I won’t say if I’m doing it or not.”
Contempt NOW
THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON FOR YOUR QUESTIONING OF MR. GARLAND, AND GETTING THE TRUTH OUT!!! 🙏🇺🇸❤️
Here’s so truth for you 🙄 Now Rand Paul should talk about how he and his son made MILLIONS off of marketing click bait websites that they owned in tandem with Saber Communications and Digital Communications LLC. Also the insider trading done by his wife or the political contributions made by now jailed Jesse Benton who funneled Russian money to his political campaign. Anybody who thinks this pleb should be up there chastising the FBI director should learn to do their due diligence so you aren’t perpetuating the dumb American paradox this country suffers from. #themoreyouknow
Rep. Mike Johnson, thank you.
Garland is a joke, any "Yes" responses are word salads.
You ever notice how stonewall republican questions but woke violator questions are reafirmed with lengthy woke responses condeming everyone but them . We arent asswoke but pre-awakened to the reality of woke espionage with rico act all over it like a layer of puke on your new car . Cant not notice its uglyness of marxist sleeper cell qualified immunity premeditated serial predetor of everything innocent . Regan and Bush who was cia directer who had jfk hit ordered. Wasnt he exicuted for his crimes. Time magizine said he saved bill clinton at 9 yr. old from drowning in potomic river. Clinton was an orphan from ukraine that resembles Borris Yeltsin .go figure.
I’ve promised to not interfere but he refuses to answer whether he did. This is like questioning my twelve year old who is trying to lie to my face.
Good catch!
"did you kill him?"
"I promised him I will keep him alive."
Mike Johnson Is Fantastic And Targeted ! A great Speaker It Appears! 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
Mike Johnsonsir. We sincerely appreciate you.
His testimony is not even a testimony, it's him simply telling them what he promised the Congress previously
EXACTLY, he is knee deep in this conspiracy!
@@lisaatkins9879 Congress: We will only appoint you if you separate yourself from the investigation and have someone else handle it. Also congress: Why cant you answer detailed questions about this investigation? You must be lying.
Slap the cuffs on him RIGHT NOW
Garland's hesitancy speaks volumes...
Take the words 'no' and 'not' out of Mr. Garland's testimony and you have the truth.
Garland is going to have a stroke trying to lie his way through questioning.
We can only hope.
GITMO FOR GARLAND !
So the term "interfere" is now subjective. If Garland believes he's not interfering, he's in the clear. Gotcha
Pull all judicially department defunding. Impeach Garland and charge him with perjury and dereliction of duty.
Just what is the sense of exposing all the corruption when you don't do anything about it!
Patience !
This testimony is now something that could land him behind bars if they find evidence and will to prosecute him for lying
@@Sergei__v - Actually, no, since Garland is unlikely to prosecute himself.
@@Sergei__v many have committed perjury, nothing has happened!
@@joemoore7447 The corruption and money laundering has been exposed for years, and not a thing has happened!
The FBI needs to be cleaned out starting with Merrick Garland!
Mike Johnson❤ Another great representative of the people.
Yes! Our New Speaker of The House 🇺🇸
Yes he is. I would like to see the rice break after all these years of the dems lying to the country and putting people in harm
Holder got away with it, Lynch got away with it, Garland will get away with it.
"Garland, sure did make a promise to only one Party and that is the Democratic-Party."
Garland is trying to walk a fine line between perjury and impeachment.
They get 5 minutes to ask questions in which 3.5 of them are: Can you repeat that.....I don't understand.....I can't go over that because its not our policy.......blah blah blah."
Literally every Congressman should get 5 minutes of legit talking time and the answers shouldn't take ANY of the time since its always just a stonewall answer.
I believe the technical term is fillerbusting.
its similar but not answering questions isnt a filibuster, its just a way to misuse their time till they have none.
@@maverick4220
@@maverick4220DC technical term is filibuster however outside of DC it's technical term is BS.....
Exactly, stonewalling and it always works, wish Republicans could learn that
I totally agree. This running out the clock BS is ridiculous. Never a straight answer. Even for yes no questions.
I am so sick of these people lying and Congress members telling them. They are not going to tolerate it while tolerating it.
Out of my contempt for this Judiciary Committee, I will not answer you.
He's not telling you anything? He doesn't recall ? Oldest trick in the books 😢😢
Garland didn't answer any of the questions put to him. He just parroted prepared talking points.
How Many Times Did He Say That Same BS Today 🤔
So gross how this people are lying and nothing happens
Its amazing which questions he can answer directly and which he cannot recollect.
Happy to say Ol' Merrick is starting to appear "worn down".
when he was asked if he did A, his response was to say he had promised not to do B. he didn't say he DIDN'T do B, only that he had promised not to do it. he completely side-stepped the question about A.
I believe the whistle blowers over this man.
Its like watching a clown show , i love the people in the USA , God Bless you all love all you Guys and take care.
Dude when he asked him about talking to the FBI and he started literally stuttering that's all you need to know. Then he stammered out "I don't recollect the answer to that question..." What does that even mean? LOL!
He's a lousy liar by lawyer standards. My 5 year old is more convincing when he tells me he definitely didnt eat all of of the cookies.
Turn this guy over to the inquiry crew at Guantanamo Bay!!!
This attorney general is an embarrassment!
This whole administration is cesspool of liars.
It is very sad that the head of the most powerful law enforcement agency on the planet is headed by an obvious double tongue. My question, is he doing this on his own?
Of course not. Obamma is still pulling the strings.
Israel runs america. They have literally bought every politician. Go look at the history of the head of the CIA how many have passports to other countries.
My guess is he doesn’t want to be a chef for the Obama’s or Clinton’s just saying I think we have several that are in culinary school 😂😂😂😂they all deserve it! Hey who knows they may be the people’s chef before it’s over
@@righteyeartistry156 This Atty. Gen. may, as it appears, likely was appointed by his nominator of the previous regime to exact revenge against the opposition that stalled his approval in 2016.
@@Jason_903 charge yourself with ate and roll tape around you and your moms body
Some people compare Merrick Garland to the old East German STASI Strongman. 👺
He promised, but he won't admit that he broke his promise.
Congress: Did you do it?
Garland: I promised I would not.
Congress: That's not an answer.
Garland: 😛
This man does not need to be running the Justice Dept. He needs to be charged by it.
Wow..he is nervous and shaking when asked to tell the truth under oath
He just admitted guilt right when he hesitated to answer for about 5 seconds on something he doesn't have to think about.
Thanks, Mr. Speaker for helping the American people know.what is happening in WH.
"My testimony today; is that I will not give any testimony today."......Pretty much sums it up.......
So it takes about 4+ years to charge someone for weapon felony chargers these days. Im pretty sure that ur average american that got charged for weapon felony charges wouldnt have to wait for their day in court 4+ years later. No they would charged within days or weeks
GARLAND..YOUR FIRED
Where is the BALANCED budget that was due in Sept ? Defund Garland his Dept.
Oh God he needs to be put in prison this very moment!
He's obviously lying. He kept saying he was testifying that he "promised to not interfere" not that he didn't do so.
Thank You Best Speaker.Mike.Johnson.!!
He committed perjury right there when he Why has he not been censored or found in contempt of Congress
"I promised the senate I would lie under oath." -Merrick Garland
He just proved he can say 'no' directly. When he fumbles around and says he doesn't recollect, he's lying.
"I dont recollect the answer to that question" I thought that was an odd statement. Like he had prepared answers.
mike johnson again you are getting these bums to answer questions better than others have. keep up the good work
Bought and paid for POS right there !
this guy needs to sit in jail for a week and then see if he will talk, if not put him back in jail thats what he did to jan6ers
Merrick Garland should be charged with obstruction of justice.
I can't believe we pay these men to sit in front of us andlie
How can he just sit there and lie and get away with it???? This man needs to be impeached now!!!😡😡😡😡
Where's the justice?
Put him on a lie detector test. If he has nothing to hide he will not object
Garland sure knows how to tap dance. So glad he didn’t get appointed to the Supreme Court.
So Garland could have said to Weiss…
“You may pursue any criminal convictions you wish…i wouldn’t do it…but you can if you want.”
That’s technically what his testimony would allow.
He "could have said" does your aunt have balls?
Agreed
Garland said that to Jack Smith when he appointed him. That was Jack's call. Trump appointed Weiss and Reps cheered. Biden could have removed him but chose not to. Weiss didn't find any connection between Hunter and Joe so now Reps think he's some kind of RINO or a traitor because he couldn't find evidence of MAGA conspiracy theories. Kind of like......all that election fraud that didn't happen.
Treasonous
Both liars who cares they should both be in prison!
His statement is that he promised the senate, which is probably true. He just won't say he did not intrude in the investigation.