'Tirade': Matt Gaetz loses cool as he yells at Merrick Garland in Congress
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) lost his cool with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday during a House Judiciary Committee.
Gaetz, who is still subject to an ethics investigation involving allegations that he trafficked an underage sex worker, yelled at Garland, "I have given my life to the law!"
The fight was about Gaetz's demand for information about cases outside the Justice Department's purview. Gaetz demanded to know if Garland had "communicated" with any local jurisdictions that have indicted former President Donald Trump.
Both Gaetz and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) are demanding correspondence between the DOJ and the lower jurisdictions, like Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Both D.A.s have refused to comply with the GOP's demands.
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Garland kept telling Gaetz that these jurisdictions are independent from the DOJ.
"I don't need a history lesson!" Gaetz snapped.
Gaetz then used Garland to launch his own attack on Judge Juan Merchan, who oversaw Trump's recent criminal case in which a jury found him guilty of 34 felonies.
The Florida Republican then claimed that the DOJ "dispatched" Matthew Colangelo to help prosecute Trump in New York. Colangelo was a Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the DOJ, but left his job to join Bragg's team.
Republicans claim that the federal department was using information from their investigations to help prosecute Trump in New York.
Garland denied anybody was "dispatched" to work on the New York case.
Gaetz went on to claim that Garland was somehow linked to Judge Merchan and the Manhattan probe into Trump.
"And I'm saddened by it because, like you, I've given my life to the law. I care deeply about the law," Gaetz claimed.
Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-NY) gave Garland a moment to respond "to Mr. Gaetz's tirade."
Garland once again stated he has nothing to do with cases in different jurisdictions.
See the exchange below or at the link here.
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