Why Is The Biden Administration Hiding Who’s Running The Department of Justice?

[mystery-ak]

 Why Is The Biden Administration Hiding Who’s Running The Department of Justice?

Remarkably, it took multiple Freedom of Information Act queries over roughly six months for the American Prospect to shake this information loose.

By Rachel Bovard
October 21, 2021

Upon taking office in January, Joe Biden’s administration promised to “bring transparency and truth back to the government.” No one seems to have told Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Two weeks ago, the attorney general decided to weaponize the FBI against parents speaking out at school board meetings when he issued a memorandum directing an investigation of a “disturbing spike” in alleged harassment and threats. Neither the memo nor any Department of Justice spokesperson cited any examples or evidence of this alleged spike to justify treating parents speaking to their school boards like terrorists.

Now, according to reporting from The American Prospect, Garland and the White House have been obscuring the political leadership of the Office of Legal Policy (OLP), one of the most powerful offices in the executive branch.

Susan Davies, a former corporate lawyer who spent years defending Facebook from antitrust lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny, has apparently been running the OLP since September 3, and will continue to do so until a permanent replacement is confirmed by the Senate. Remarkably, it took multiple Freedom of Information Act requests and queries over a span of roughly six months for the American Prospect to shake this information loose.

The presence of Davies, and her role as senior official and deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Policy, was only added to the OLP’s website on October 7, a day before the information was shared with American Prospect. The obvious question is: Why was it hidden in the first place?

As American Prospect put it, “How is this secrecy even possible? Was Davies secretly working at DOJ in some other capacity before September 3? And are other officials whose presence has been kept from the public secretly calling the shots within DOJ?”

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https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/21/why-is-the-biden-administration-hiding-whos-running-the-department-of-justice/

[Bigun]

We don't currently have a Department of Justice in this country.

[Cyber Liberty]

American Prospect is a far-left publication to boot.

[Fishrrman]

Comrade Briefers, don't be naive.
This is how The Party operates.

There are Party members who operate and are seen "above-ground". Almost all of these comrades have little actual influence over what is going on.

And then...

...There are the Party members who are "unseen" and who operate "underground". You may even know some by name, but would probably not be able to identify or recognize them as "of The Party", because their true affiliations are kept under cover.

Those who do their work underground are often the ones doing the important work and setting policy, as distinguished from the above-ground members, who are mostly there "for show"...

[jmyrlefuller]

For Merrick Garland, the attorney general position was never anything more than a consolation prize when the Senate refused to let Obama railroad him onto the Supreme Court.