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>> reporter: a message both blunt and sharp tonight from the attorney general. >> i will not be intimidated, and the justice department will not be intimidated. >> reporter: a full-throated defense from the typically soft-spoken ag, targeting republican attacks on the justice department and slamming suggestions the doj had a hand in former president trump's state felony conviction last week, as mr. trump falsely claimed. >> that conspiracy theory is an attack on the judicial process itself. >> reporter: but many republicans insist the biden doj's playing politics. >> many americans believe there is now a double standard in our justice system. they believe that because there is. >> reporter: the house gop looking to hold merrick garland in contempt of congress for defying a subpoena for the audio of the interview between president biden and special counsel robert hur, who ultimately declined to prosecute the president over his handling of classified documents, suggesting a jury would be unlikely to convict a well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. the interview transcript has already been released, but