Attorney General Merrick Garland did promise to depoliticize the Justice Department, but this raid has ended that promise, if there ever was one, in a brutal fashion. Merrick Garland came in wanting to depoliticize the Justice Department. The fact that the target of a search warrant is a former elected official doesn’t mean that DOJ has been “politicized.” They’ve charged former elected officials every month since DOJ’s inception. (@natsechobbyist) August 10, 2022Before the Post took down the tweet and altered the headline, the original read, “Garland vowed to depoliticize Justice. In that case, it doesn’t matter who is running the Justice Department, no matter how impartial or well-intentioned they try to be in that role.

Source: Washington Post August 11, 2022 17:34 UTC