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Tom Cotton Tells Merrick Garland to Pound Sand: Whistleblowers ‘Are Protected by Federal Law’

Republican Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) has told Merrick Garland to go pound sand in response to the attorney general’s efforts to try and silence federal whistleblowers.

Sen. Cotton sent a message to all FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials that they should ignore Garland’s attempts to muzzle whistleblowers.

Cotton assures Justice Department officials that they are “protected by federal law” if they choose to blow the whistle.

“DOJ employees, take notice: No matter what this memo says, you are protected by federal law if you contact my office to blow the whistle on the improper politicization of the Department of Justice by Merrick Garland and Joe Biden,” the senator said.

Garland recently issued a memo to Justice Department employees telling them not to talk to Congress.

Garland said all communication with Congress must be handled by the Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) and that “no department employee may communicate with Senators, Representatives, congressional committees, or congressional staff without advance coordination, consultation, and approval by OLA. ...

DOJ employees, take notice: No matter what this memo says, you are protected by federal law if you contact my office to blow the whistle on the improper politicization of the Department of Justice by Merrick Garland and Joe Biden. https://t.co/agu5RJwos8

— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) August 31, 2022

This comes after whistleblowers dropped the dime on the political bias at the DOJ to Republican members of Congress.

Tom Cotton Overrules Karine Jean-Pierre: “It doesn’t get much lower than blaming Republicans in Congress for a transgender killer who targeted a Christian school”

It is “disgraceful” that President Joe Biden’s electoral strategy involves the Department of Justice (DOJ) “prosecuting” former President Donald Trump, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said on Monday following news of the New York appeals court’s decision to pause the clock on enforcing a $464 million judgment against Trump.

“It’s disgraceful that Biden’s entire electoral strategy relies on his Department of Justice prosecuting Donald Trump,” Cotton said on Monday.

“More befitting of a banana republic than America,” he remarked:

I encourage people who get stuck behind the pro-Hamas mobs blocking traffic: take matters into your own hands to get them out of the way.

It's time to put an end to this nonsense.

— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) April 16, 2024

I encourage people who get stuck behind the pro-Hamas mobs blocking traffic: take matters into your own hands to get them out of the way.

It's time to put an end to this nonsense.

— Tom Cotton (TomCottonAR) April 16, 2024