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During former President Joe Biden's four years in the White House, the word "institutionalist" was often used to describe then-U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland — and it was meant in a good way. Garland had a reputation for valuing the rule of law above all else — even when it involved the president's son Hunter Biden, who didn't escape Garland's scrutiny. Joe Biden said he would respect the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) independence and not interfere with Garland's investigation of his son, although he gave Hunter Biden a preemptive pardon after Donald Trump won the United States' 2024 election.In contrast, Garland's successor, Pam Bondi, is seldom described as an "institutionalist"

Alternet     Sep 22, 2025