Merrick Garland dismissed claims that he oversaw a Department of Justice that discriminates against Catholics, testifying before the House Judiciary Committee that the suggestion was “outrageous” and “absurd,” given his family’s past fleeing antisemitism in the runup to the Holocaust.
“The idea that someone with my family background would discriminate against any religion is so outrageous, so absurd,” the Attorney General said, becoming emotional at the hearing on Wednesday.
