Merrick Garland actually said...

"The central tenant of the way in which the Justice Department investigates, the central tenet to the rule of law is that we do not do our investigations in public. This is the most wide-ranging invest..."

"The government also developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government’s investigation."

"The FBI uncovered multiple sources of evidence indicating that the response to the May 11 grand jury subpoena was incomplete and that classified documents remained at the premises."

"Since I became attorney general, I have made clear that the Department of Justice will speak through its court filings and its work."