Merrick Garland actually said...

"the Justice Department would follow the evidence and chase the facts no matter who is implicated, no matter how high up they were."

"No person is above the law in this country. I can't say it any more clearly than that. There is nothing in the principles of prosecution and any other factors which prevent us from investigating anyon..."

"I can’t say anymore unequivocally on that. There is nothing in the principles of prosecution, in any other factors, that will prevent us from investigating anyone, anyone who is criminally responsible..."

"our Attorney General, Merrick Garland, refuses to enforce that law."