Republican Florida Representative Matt Gaetz criticized Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday for dismissing allegations that the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) orchestrated former President Donald Trump’s conviction as a “conspiracy theory.” However, Gaetz pointed out that Garland refused to disclose whether he would provide the department’s communications with prosecutors.
During the House Judiciary Committee hearing, Garland strongly denounced unfounded attacks on the DOJ’s work, specifically addressing false claims regarding the DOJ’s involvement in Trump’s Manhattan case. The case concluded last week with Trump being found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records. Gaetz questioned Garland about the possibility of sharing communications with Bragg’s office, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Gaetz highlighted that Garland’s refusal to answer the question was bolstering the argument for collusion.
“You’ve told us that it’s a dangerous conspiracy theory to allege that the Department of Justice is communicating with these state and local prosecutions against Trump,” he said “You can clear it all up for us right now, will the Department of Justice provide to the committee all documents all the correspondence, between the department and Alvin Bragg’s office, and Fani Willi’s office, and Letitia James’ office?”
“We do not control those offices,” Garland said.
Matthew Colangelo, a former acting associate attorney general, began working at the Manhattan District Attorney’s office in December 2022 during Bragg’s investigation of Trump. Prior to this, he was involved in the Trump Foundation investigation and Trump’s civil fraud case while at the New York District Attorney’s office.
Colangelo was reported to have received significant funds from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in 2018 for “political consulting,” as indicated by Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. In response, Gaetz stated that he was simply inquiring about any communication between the DOJ and those offices.
“You come in here, and you lodge this attack that it’s a conspiracy theory that there is coordinated lawfare against Trump and then, when we say, ‘fine, just give us the documents, give us the correspondence and then, if it’s a conspiracy theory that will be evident,’” Gaetz told Garland. “But when you say, well, we’ll take your request and then we’ll sort of work it through the DOJ’s accommodation process than you’re, actually advancing the very dangerous conspiracy theory that you’re concerned about.”
In April, Chairman Jim Jordan of the House Judiciary Committee made a formal request for documents pertaining to the Department of Justice’s collaboration with Manhattan Alvin Bragg’s office. This request specifically includes documents related to Colangelo’s employment.
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