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The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing to investigate whether the Department of Justice had abused its power to attack former President Trump. During the meeting, members of the two parties confronted each other, and the atmosphere of partisan struggle was extremely obvious. Attorney General Merrick Garland refuted during his testimony, criticizing the House Republicans for hyping "baseless and extremely dangerous lies" and describing himself as not being scared by the threat of contempt of Congress. When presiding over the hearing on the 4th, Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, accused the Department of Justice of having double standards under Garland's leadership, targeting Trump on the one hand and protecting the current President Biden on the other. Other Republican members also questioned that it was because the Department of Justice cooperated with local prosecutors that Trump was convicted in the hush money case. However, Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee fought back, accusing the Republicans of abusing congressional oversight to protect Trump. Congressman Jerrold Nadler described the Judiciary Committee as having become a vassal of Trump's campaign team, and this hearing was just to lash out at Garland and throw out more ridiculous remarks. Another congressman, Adam Schiff, mocked that the Republican presidential nominee became a felon and the Republican Party was at a loss and had to resort to this desperate measure. When testifying, Garland criticized that the Republican conspiracy theory was "attacking the judicial process" and causing harm to judicial officials. He also emphasized that the hush money case was handled by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and he did not play any role. When the topic turned to Biden's confidential documents case, Garland reiterated that he had not heard Biden's recordings and believed that the investigators' written records were accurate, so there was no need to transfer the recordings to the House of Representatives. If Republican lawmakers used this to sue him for contempt of Congress, it would only be one of a "series" of actions to attack the Department of Justice. He and the Department of Justice would not be scared and would continue to work without being influenced by politics. When a congressman asked whether the Department of Justice had maintained the rule of law, Garland became obviously emotional, emphasizing that he had been committed to maintaining the rule of law throughout his career, and he also followed precedents and treated all cases equally. When investigating potential crimes, he would not distinguish between friends and enemies, nor would he consider whether the suspects were powerful or political figures.