Garland Faces Criticism Over Partisan Remarks in Special Counsel Report on Biden Documents
• Attorney General Merrick Garland facing backlash, including from friend and former Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe, over special counsel Robert Hur's report on President Biden's classified documents • Experts criticize report for including partisan remarks about Biden that violate Justice Department norms against prejudicing public against uncharged people • Tribe agreed with criticism, said Garland "bent too far backwards" to avoid seeming pro-Biden • Former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann said it was "entirely foreseeable" Hur would "pull a Comey" with partisan remarks in report • Garland right to appoint special counsel but wrong to pick Hur and think only a Republican could be impartial