‘Don't believe your lying eyes’: Merrick Garland trolled as he defends Biden’s mental acuity, asserts POTUS has ‘no impairment’

WASHINGTON, DC: During a hearing on Capitol Hill, Attorney General Merrick Garland defended President Joe Biden against allegations of cognitive impairment.

Per DailyMail, House Republicans grilled AG Garland over a report by former Special Counsel Robert Hur, which described the commander-in-chief as "elderly" and "forgetful".

Garland asserted, “The president has no impairment,” putting to rest any doubts over the 81-year-old incumbent POTUS’ mental faculties.

What did Attorney General Merrick Garland say about President Joe Biden?

AG Garland argued, “I have watched him (Biden) expertly guide meetings of staff and cabinet members on issues of foreign affairs and military strategy and policy in the incredibly complex world in which we now face.”

He added, “I don't know how many ways I can say this, I have complete confidence in the president.”

The United States Attorney General’s statement puts him at odds with the Special Counsel he appointed, who stepped down from the Justice Department after releasing the report.

The report explained why the President was not charged with mishandling classified documents.

Republicans are demanding that Garland hand over audio of an interview between Hur and President Biden.

While the DOJ has given them transcripts of the interview, Republicans insist on having the audio as well.

They have subpoenaed transcripts, notes, audio, and video files related to the interview and have given the Attorney General until Monday noon to comply with their demands.

The DOJ has already been accommodating in giving up the Biden transcript, however, they contended in a new letter to GOP committee chairmen that releasing audio could make it harder for prosecutors to secure recorded interviews in the future.

Witnesses might be reluctant to speak if they know their interviews could be publicized, the DOJ argued in the letter.

The letter, penned by Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte, read, “The Committees have already received the extraordinary accommodation of the transcripts, which gives you the information you say you need.”

He continued, “To go further by producing the audio files would compound the likelihood that future prosecutors will be unable to secure this level of cooperation. They might have a harder time obtaining consent to an interview at all. It is clearly not in the public interest to render such cooperation with prosecutors and investigators less likely in the future.”

The letter stated that neither the Oversight nor the Judiciary committees could find a good basis to require the interview's audio recording in addition to the transcripts.

According to the subpoenas, it was reported that the DOJ had "met or exceeded the Committees' informational needs".

“Our efforts at cooperation prove that we are, and continue to be, willing to do our part to show the American people that the officials who serve them can work together productively in the public interest while avoiding unnecessary conflict,” Uriarte added.

He further asserted, “Yet the Committees have responded with escalation and threats of criminal contempt. The Committees’ reaction is difficult to explain in terms of any lack of information or frustration of any informational or investigative imperative, given the Department’s actual conduct."

"We are therefore concerned that the Committees are disappointed not because you didn’t receive information, but because you did. We urge the Committees to avoid conflict rather than seek it."

Oversight Chairman James Comer retaliated in a statement, “The Biden Administration does not get to determine what Congress needs and does not need for its oversight of the executive branch.”

Comer argued, “It’s curious the Biden Administration is refusing to release the audio of President Biden’s interview with the Special Counsel after releasing the transcript. Why shouldn't the American people be able to hear the actual audio of his answers? The American people demand transparency from their leaders, not obstruction.”

Internet fed up with Attorney General Merrick Garland professing Biden is 'mentally fit'

Merrick Garland faced online backlash for defending Biden's mental acuity.

One X user remarked, "Don't believe your lying eyes."

Another user wrote, "I am convinced that he will report it here spontaneously in case that he saw "any impairment"."

One suggested, "Already having to protect Biden's mental health. maybe let the old man go?"

One user asked, "You kinda have to wonder...what would allow someone to be perfectly okay with lying like this? Is the lure of power and money so great that they are willing to just outright lie to keep it?"

Another user said, "Let’s see this joker GOP Rep command both Houses of Congress in a 60 minute speech while ad lobbing and winning every argument in real time. Oh, to be cognitively impaired like that at any age!"

Finally, this user tweeted, "I just love hearing sociopaths opine on the mental health of other sociopaths."

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