WASHINGTON – All five witnesses at Merrick Garland’s confirmation hearing Tuesday praised the judge and former federal prosecutor, signaling his likely bipartisan confirmation next week as President Joe Biden’s attorney general. The Senate Judiciary…
WASHINGTON – Merrick Garland, the nominee to become the country’s law enforcement officer as attorney general, called the treatment of alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein “horrendous,” but said he couldn’t comment on…
Sen. Dick Durbin, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said Monday that he expected the panel to vote on Merrick Garland’s nomination to become attorney general on March 1 with a full…
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Merrick Garland was briefly gripped with emotion Monday when he recounted his Jewish family’s flight from persecution, drawing on that experience as a call to public service. “I feel an obligation to…
Republican senators asked Merrick Garland, the attorney general nominee, whether racial justice protests, as those happened at the federal courthouse in Portland, constituted “violent extremism,” which is how he described the Jan.…
Merrick Garland, the nominee to become the country’s law enforcement officer as attorney general, called the treatment of sex-trafficking suspect Jeffrey Epstein “horrendous,” but said he couldn’t comment on why the Justice…
Attorney general nominee Merrick Garland said that President Joe Biden has pledged that he would not intervene in Justice Department investigations, indicating that he expected the department would remain free from partisan…
Attorney general nominee Merrick Garland said the country faces a “more dangerous period” than the forces that sparked the Oklahoma City bombing, which still stands as the most deadly domestic terror attack…
Merrick Garland to battle against extremism ‘central’ at hearing Attorney general nominee Merrick Garland is vowing to defend the Justice Department’s independence from the White House and make the battle against extremism “central” to the…