[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://thefederalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-04-at-10.29.47 AM-1200x675.png crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//thefederalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-04-at-10.29.47%5Cu202fAM-1200x675.png%22%7D" expand=1]Merrick Garland has been one of the most partisan AGs in memory. If the system were working properly, he would be removed.
[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://thefederalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-20-at-8.18.59 AM-1200x675.png crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//thefederalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-20-at-8.18.59%5Cu202fAM-1200x675.png%22%7D" expand=1]The whistleblowers make a strong argument for intervention, but the unique circumstances of the case and lack of clearly analogous precedent make it difficult to predict how the court will rule.
[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://thefederalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-22-at-6.41.14 AM-1200x675.png crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//thefederalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-22-at-6.41.14%5Cu202fAM-1200x675.png%22%7D" expand=1]For the IRS chief counsel to communicate with Special Counsel Weiss about a potential ongoing investigation into the whistleblowers is particularly concerning.
A review of the underlying court filing submitted by Special Counsel David Weiss in the federal tax evasion case pending against the president’s son confirms Grassley’s charges.