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AG Garland issues memo on DOJ communications with Congress after retirements, whistleblower reports
Attorney General Merrick Garland has issued a memo to Justice Department personnel reiterating the department’s policy of prohibiting communication with members of Congress.
Garland said all communication with Congress must be handled by the Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA). Per DOJ policy, "no department employee may communicate with Senators, Representatives, congressional committees, or congressional staff without advance coordination, consultation, and approval by OLA."
"All congressional inquiries and correspondence from Members, committees, and staff should be immediately directed to OLA upon receipt," says Justice Manual 1-8.000.
Garland said these policies were designed to protect the DOJ’s "criminal and civil law enforcement decisions, and its legal judgments, from partisan or other inappropriate influences, whether real or perceived, direct or indict."
They are also designed, Garland said, "to ensure that Congress may carry out its legislative investigatory and oversight functions."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ag...ns-congress-retirements-whistleblower-reports
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Merritt Garland doesn't like Whistleblowers.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has issued a memo to Justice Department personnel reiterating the department’s policy of prohibiting communication with members of Congress.
Garland said all communication with Congress must be handled by the Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA). Per DOJ policy, "no department employee may communicate with Senators, Representatives, congressional committees, or congressional staff without advance coordination, consultation, and approval by OLA."
"All congressional inquiries and correspondence from Members, committees, and staff should be immediately directed to OLA upon receipt," says Justice Manual 1-8.000.
Garland said these policies were designed to protect the DOJ’s "criminal and civil law enforcement decisions, and its legal judgments, from partisan or other inappropriate influences, whether real or perceived, direct or indict."
They are also designed, Garland said, "to ensure that Congress may carry out its legislative investigatory and oversight functions."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ag...ns-congress-retirements-whistleblower-reports
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Merritt Garland doesn't like Whistleblowers.
