Better Hand Over Those Classified Documents, Because Merrick Garland 'Don't Play'

'You think this is a game? Who do you think you're playing with? F around and find out.'

onJanuary 30, 2023 at 11:47 AM

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Attorney General Merrick Garland has finally made his way to Saturday Night Live, and politicians may want to watch their backs, because this whip-cracking law man means business when it comes to recovering classified documents.

“Some have said the federal government classifies too many documents,” says Garland, played by Mikey Day. “This has led people to ask, ‘Does recovering these documents even matter?’ To which I say, ‘I don’t know, but it’s the law. And I am the law.'”

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Check out the rest of AG Garland’s tough-guy act in this clip from the show:

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