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Attorney General Merrick Garland said in an interview that he would resign if asked by President Joe Biden to take action against Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While noting the unlikelihood that he would be put in such a position AG Garland told<\/a> “60 Minutes” that he would not personally take action against the former president. The Justice Department has indicted Trump on charges relating to his effort to overturn the 2020 election and wrongly keeping classified documents after leaving office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI am sure that that will not happen, but I would not do anything in that regard,\u201d he said on CBS \u201c60 Minutes.\u201d \u201cAnd if necessary, I would resign. But there is no sense that anything like that will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Garland has largely kept silent about the cases and reiterated Sunday he would not get into specifics, but dismissed claims by Trump and his supporters that the cases were timed to ruin his chances to be president in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWell, that\u2019s absolutely not true. Justice Department prosecutors are nonpartisan. They don\u2019t allow partisan considerations to play any role in their determinations,\u201d Garland said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe do not have one rule for Republicans and another rule for Democrats. We don\u2019t have one rule for foes and another for friends,\u201d he said. \u201dWe have only one rule; and that one rule is that we follow the facts and the law, and we reach the decisions required by the Constitution, and we protect civil liberties.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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