From WSJopinion: Merrick Garland’s Justice Department is pursuing an even more partisan agenda than it did in the Obama years, writes KimStrassel
Mr. Garland’s appointment offered hope that a respected veteran judge would continue this effort. Instead, the Garland Justice Department is on track to surpass the politicized Eric Holder regime. The department’s indictments include plenty of routine matters. But the high-profile lawsuits, investigations and initiatives are as politicized as they come. Mr. Biden’s prosecutors seem to think the real criminals aren’t drug lords or cyberterrorists, but U.S.
The department’s other top priority is the harassment of fellow law-enforcement officers, the legal corollary to progressives’ defund-the-police agenda. Justice currently has active investigations of the police departments in Minneapolis, Phoenix, Louisville, Ky., and Mount Vernon, N.Y. It’s separately launched investigations into conditions in Georgia prisons and Texas juvenile detention facilities.
Then there are the unambiguously political cases. In June news leaked that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a Republican and longtime target of congressional Democrats for purported violations of campaign-finance laws. In November, prosecutors obtained an indictment of former Trump adviser Steve Bannon for refusing to comply with a House subpoena, despite a continuing dispute over whether he is legally obligated to do so.
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