Hot-button politics crowd Merrick Garland’s desk: The Note

Frustration has grown among some White House allies that Attorney General Merrick Garland is acting as if business should or can be usual.

The TAKE with Rick Klein

It was a boilerplate answer to what Attorney General Merrick Garland knew was a loaded question.

Asked about whether Steve Bannon would face criminal charges, with the House about to vote to hold him in criminal contempt, Garland said on Capitol Hill Thursday: "The Department of Justice will do what it always does in such circumstances -- we will apply the facts in the law and make a decision consistent with the principles of prosecution."

That's actually part of what has some Democrats worried, surrounding the weighty and politically charged issues piling up on Garland's desk.