Congressman Cohen asks Jack Smith whether Garland pressured him to bring indictment and Smith says given independence without undue influence

Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen asks Jack Smith whether Merrick Garland ever pressured him to bring an indictment or do anything in his investigation, with Smith stating he was given independence to conduct his investigation and came to the decision to bring charges without undue influence from anybody in the department, dropping the case pursuant to department policy at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on his investigations of President Trump.
Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen asks Jack Smith whether Merrick Garland ever pressured him to bring an indictment or do anything in his investigation, with Smith stating he was given independence to conduct his investigation and came to the decision to bring charges without undue influence from anybody in the department, dropping the case pursuant to department policy at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on his investigations of President Trump.
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