Attorney General Merrick Garland will strike a defiant tone Wednesday in defending the Justice Department as independent of the White House and Congress, while Republicans ratchet up criticism of high-profile investigations of Hunter Biden and Donald Trump.

“Our job is to uphold the rule of law,” Garland said in remarks prepared for a hearing at the House Judiciary Committee. “Our job is not to do what is politically convenient.”

Garland’s testimony on Capitol Hill comes against a backdrop of multiple investigations that are politically fraught. The House Judiciary Committee chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, has also blasted Garland for how the Justice Department handlea inquiries involving school boards, Catholics and anti-abortion protesters.

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