Garland refuses to commit to ethics review over DOJ school board memo

Published October 21, 2021 6:29pm ET



Attorney General Merrick Garland repeatedly refused to commit to an ethics review after Republicans raised conflict of interest concerns about his son-in-law’s left-wing education company in the wake of a Biden DOJ memo aimed at threats and violence at school board protests.

Garland at least three times refused to say whether he had already submitted himself to an ethics review and refused to commit to any future ethics review on the issue during questioning by Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday.

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