AG Merrick Garland Vows to Step Down If Biden Seeks Trump Probe

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, on Aug. 11, 2023. Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo

In an interview that aired on Oct. 1, Attorney General Merrick Garland indicated he would resign if President Joe Biden requested him to participate in investigations into former President Donald Trump.

“I am sure that that will not happen, but I would not do anything in that regard,” Mr. Garland said when asked on CBS News’s “60 Minutes” what his reaction would be if the president asked him “to take action with regard to the Trump investigation.”