Merrick Garland
What Will the FBI Not Do?
The FBI on Wednesday finally broke its silence and responded to the revelations on Twitter of close ties between the bureau and the social media giant—ties that included efforts to suppress information and censor political speech. “The correspondence between the FBI and Twitter show nothing more than examples of our traditional, longstanding and ongoing federal …
The Same Old, Same Old Déjà Vu
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Attorney General Merrick Garland has just announced the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith. But Smith’s team will not look into the Biden family quid pro quo syndicate nor its incriminating confessionals on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Instead, it will further investigate Donald Trump’s possession of presidential records that were hauled off from …
Post-Election Announcements and Investigations
Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine Trump’s announcement of a run for the presidency, the Garland investigation of Trump and the House investigation of Hunter Biden, Pelosi to step down, and Lee Zeldin’s possible run for the chair of the Republican National Committee. Share This
Equal Justice, They Said
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness What once distinguished the United States from illiberal regimes following the Orwellian mantra “some are more equal than others” was the hallowed American idea of “equal justice under the law.” The phrase is engraved above the entrance to the United States Supreme Court—an ideal that took centuries to achieve. Yet it …
Why Merrick Garland Is Losing the People
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday held a belated press conference to explain that he had personally approved the FBI’s raid of Donald Trump’s Florida residence to seize documents deemed U.S. government property. A clearly agitated and nervous Garland sought to exude confidence in the raid. He went on to heatedly defend …