Garland on use of force rule for Trump Mar-a-Lago search: We did the same for Biden

Democrats are using a contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Merrick Garland to try and defang GOP talking points about Donald Trump.

New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, the top Democrat on the panel, asked Garland in the Tuesday hearing about the former president’s accusations that a use-of-force authorization during the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago was actually an attempt to “take me out with deadly force.”

“I’m just saying that the allegation is not true. This is our standard use-of-force policy, which limits the use of force that agents can use. It is used as a routine matter in searches,” Garland said.

He added that the standard limit on the use of force "was part of the package for the search of President Biden’s home as well."