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0:00.0	I'm Virginia Allen. I'm Samantha Cheris. And this is the Daily Civil Top News for Wednesday, September 20th.
0:06.5	Here are today's headlines.
0:20.6	Attorney General Merrick Garland testified before the House Judiciary Committee today.
0:25.6	Garland faced a slew of questions about the investigation into the president's son, Hunter Biden.
0:31.4	Let's take a listen to Louisiana Republican Representative Mike Johnson's questions to Garland.
0:37.1	Has anyone from the White House provided direction at any time to you personally or to any
0:43.1	senior officials at the DOJ regarding how the Hunter Biden investigation was to be carried out?
0:48.0	No. Have you had personal contact with anyone at FBI headquarters about the Hunter Biden
0:54.2	investigation? I don't recollect the answer to that question, but the FBI works for the Justice
1:05.1	Department. You don't recollect whether you've talked with anybody at FBI headquarters about
1:11.9	an investigation into the president's son? I don't believe that I did. I promised the Senate
1:17.2	when I came before it for confirmation that I would leave Mr. Weiss in place and then I would
1:24.0	not interfere with his investigation. I have kept that promise. Have you had personal contact
1:31.2	with anybody at the Baltimore Field Office on the Hunter Biden matter? No. On July 10, 2023,
1:37.2	US Attorney David Weiss told Senator Lindsey Graham, quote, I had discussions with departmental
1:42.1	officials regarding potential appointment under 28 USC Section 515, which would have allowed
1:47.4	me to file charges in a district outside my own without the partnership of the local US attorney.
1:53.7	With whom did Mr. Weiss have those discussions? I'm not going to get into the internal deliberations
1:58.0	of the department. Oh, but you must, sir. This is important for us. We have oversight
2:02.2	responsibility over your department and we need these answers. As appropriate, necessary for Mr. Weiss
2:07.1	to have conversations with the department. I made clear that if he wanted to bring a case any
2:12.4	jurisdiction, he would be able to do that. The way you do that is to get an order signed by the
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