White House says Republicans turned Garland hearing into ‘circus’ – as it happened
by Chris Stein (now) and Maya Yang (earlier) from on (#6EXN1)
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The judiciary committee's highest-ranking Democrat Jerry Nadler then got a turn to question Merrick Garland, and asked him what would happen if the FBI was defunded.
Defund the FBI" has become a rallying cry for extreme rightwing Republicans such as representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz as well as the presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who claim the law enforcement agency has become politicized.
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