Scott Jennings Sends CNN Panel Off The Rails With One Question About Merrick Garland

Republican strategist Scott Jennings sent CNN panelists scrambling Monday night after he asked if Attorney General Merrick Garland should be fired over “corruption” at the Department of Justice (DOJ).

President Joe Biden announced he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, in a statement released by the White House Sunday night, alleging that Hunter had been “singled out” due to being the president’s son. Jennings, who earlier cited Biden’s comments when issuing the pardon, questioned if Garland should remain attorney general.

“Can I ask you a question?” Jennings asked. “Do you all think that Merrick Garland should be fired because of this corruption at the DOJ?”

“Again, I don’t think there’s corruption at the DOJ,” panelist Leigh McGowan replied. “I think the concern is the future DOJ is going to be corrupted.”

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“Do you think there’s corruption there?” Jennings pressed the panel. “You think this was a politicized witch hunt, but the attorney general should be held accountable, no?”

“These charges were trumped up because his name is Hunter Biden,” Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York snapped, with Jennings responding, “But wouldn’t that … wouldn’t you, if you were the president, believe the attorney general?”

Bowman responded by turning to former prosecutor Elliot Williams, calling him the “legal expert at the desk.”

“The question was, how legitimate are the charges? It is unlawful conduct. We can all agree to that. He was convicted — duly convicted,” Williams said. “However, I have a hard time seeing how that gun charge would have been brought were he not Hunter Biden. Just look at, just look at the data and look at the numbers.”