Pressed on Family Financial Ties to Critical Race Theory, Garland Refuses to Commit to Ethics Review

EXCERPT:

JOHNSON: "I understand your talking point. You're not answering my question, Mr. Attorney General. With all due respect, will you submit to an ethics review on this matter, yes or no?"

GARLAND: "There’s no company in America or, hopefully, no law-abiding citizen in America who believes that threats of violence should not be prevented. There are no conflicts of interest that anyone could have — "

JOHNSON: "According to you. But, sir, with due respect, that’s the purpose of the federal regulation. We need objective third parties to review our activities. You don’t get to make that decision yourself. It doesn’t matter. You’re the top — you’re the chief law enforcement of this country. This raises questions in the minds of millions of Americans and your impartiality is being called into question. Why would you not submit to a simple ethics review of that?"

GARLAND: "I am exquisitely aware of the ethics requirements."

JOHNSON: "But you’re not following them."

GARLAND: "I have followed them and lived with them for the last 25 years — "

JOHNSON: "Did you seek an ethics review of this or not?"

GARLAND: "I'm gonna say again, there are no conflicts of interest involved when the Justice Department asked — "

JOHNSON: "Okay. Okay. According to you, I got that. I’m not trying to be disrespectful, but you are not respecting our rules, our constitutional norms and the federal law that directly applies to your activities."