I previously wrote on the failure of Attorney General Merrick Garland to restore public trust in his department. This is far more serious. Someone is lying. The allegations raised against the Department now have potentially criminal and impeachable elements. As such, the authority of Congress to investigate is at its apex. If U.S. Attorney General David Weiss was denied the ability to bring charges in two other jurisdictions and was denied a request for special counsel status, Garland’s past statements to Congress stand contradicted. Alternatively, these whistleblowers (who offered detailed accounts, including the names of other witnesses) have lied to Congress.

Despite the unanimous vote opposition of Democratic members on the Committee, the House must move forward and demand answers from Garland, Weiss, and others. It should also finally call in Hunter Biden, if necessary under compulsion, to end the obfuscation over these messages. The solution to what I have called the “seven-percent solution” is a congressional subpoena.

[I know which way I’m betting, in part because the whistleblowers were smart enough to keep documentation to back up their claims. They knew something was wrong and prepared for it. So far, all Garland has offered is a “how dare you question me” response which does nothing to respond to these allegations. If anything, as Turley says, it heightens the impression of an imperial AG that feels he is above accountability. One has to wonder whether the judge handling this smelly plea deal will pull the plug on the entire exercise and force the DoJ to go back to the drawing board. — Ed]