Merrick Garland should really resign, but the least he can do is recuse himself | Washington Examiner
We don’t believe in conspiracy theories. Perhaps (we will even say probably) Tanner s involvement in these surveys played no significant role in Garland s decision to sic the FBI on outspoken parents. The former federal judge and Supreme Court nominee probably has enough other reasons, such as personal animus toward parents who reject critical race theory or far-left staffers in the Biden administration breathing down his neck.
And frankly, Garland s memo is much more outrageous because of its disregard for basic constitutional rights and its weaponization of the Justice Department than it could ever be for his son-in-law s tangential involvement in a shady, grifty career helping justify bad school decisions.
Even so, Tanner s school board contracts are big money for little work. If angry parents ever succeed in throwing out the school board members who waste taxpayer money on such surveys, it will affect his bottom line.
So, on top of the much more serious issue of defiling justice and making himself a shameless political hack who uses the government to persecute President Joe Biden s enemies, Garland inevitably finds himself conflicted. He should really resign his position just for writing that memo. But the least he can do is step aside and let other lackeys oversee the organized FBI persecution that he just called for.